HAMILTON,  LOCKE  AND  CLARK  SERIES. 


SELECTIONS 

TROM     IH1 

METAMOKPHOSES   AND    HEROIDES 

OF 

PUBLIUS  OVIDIUS  NASO, 

WITH   A 

LITERAL  AND  INTERLINEAL  TRANSLATION. 

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HAMILTONIAN   SYSTEM, 

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THOMAS  iGLARK. 

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GEO.    WILLIAM    HEILIG. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
DAVID    McKAY,    PUBLISHER, 

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PREFACE, 


THE  first  six  books  of  this  edition  of  Selections  from  the 
Metamorphoses,  have  been  translated  by  HAMILTON,  and 
were  partially  revised  and  prepared  for  publication  by  the 
late  THOMAS  CLARK,  whose  demise  left  the  work  to  be  com- 
pleted by  another  hand;  with  what  success,  the  volume  itself 
must  indicate.  Prefaces,  explanatory  of  the  HamiUonian 
System,  and  giving  instructions  for  the  use  of  the  books, 
being  already  prefixed  to  several  of  the  preceding  volumes 
of  the  series  of  Latin  and  Greek  Interlinear  Classics  pub- 
lished by  MR.  DESILVER,  it  is  deemed  unnecessary  to  pre- 
sent anything  further  in  this  volume,  than  the  following 
explanations  in  respect  to  the  text  and  translation. 

The  text,  as  given  in  this  ^olume,  conforms  to  the  work 
entitled,  "  P.  Ovidii  Nasonis  Opera  Omnia.  Textum  ad 
Codicum  Lipsiensiuni  Aldinarumque  Fidem  accurate  recog- 
novit  C.  H.  WEISE.  Nova  Editio  Stereotypa.  Lipsiae,  1845." 

The  extracts  are  numbered,  each  independently  of  the 
original ;  but  by  adding  any  number  found  on  the  margin l 
to  that  given  at  the  head  of  the  respective  extracts,  a  very 
close  approximation  will  be  obtained  to  the  number  of  the 
verse  of  the  original  text,  and  as  cited  or  referred  to  in  the 
lexicons. 

1  Numbering  was  introduced  after  MK.  CLARK  had  ended  his  part 
of  the  work ;  and  hence,  in  the  first  70  pages  it  has  been  necessary 
to  put  the  numbers  where  most  convenient. 

'iii) 

156S065 


IT  PREFACE. 

The  hyphen  (-)  denotes  that  the  words  between  which  it 
is  placed  express  the  meaning  of  the  Latin  word  pkced  over 
them ;  as, 

dicere   formas. 

to-speak-of    forms. 

But  when  such  words  are  separated,  a  superior  figure 
('  or  *)  is  placed  before  the  first  word  and  before  the  last 
word  thus  separated;  aa, 

Nee       Phoebe  reparabat. 

Nor  'did   Phoebe  'repair. 

A  word  ot  sentence  enclosed  in  parentheses  (  )  implies, 
that  such  word  or  sentence  is  not  expressed  in  Latin,  but  is 
only  used  to  render  the  English  sentence  more  intelligible;  as, 

illic    et  pontus  et  ae'r. 

there    also  (was)        sea       and    air.1 

A  word  or  sentence  in  brackets  [  ]  implies,  that  such 
word  or  sentence  is  to  be  substituted  for  the  word  or  sentence 
immediately  before  it,  the  commencement  of  which  is  indi- 
cated by  a  vertical  line ;  as, 

Vix  nunc   obsistitur    illis. 

|  Hardly  now    it  is-opposed  to  them  [they  are  with  difficulty  prevented]. 

The  articles,  prepositions  understood,  and  subjects  indi- 
cated by  the  inflection-endings  of  verbs,  are  generally  placed 
to  the  left  of  the  respective  noun  or  verb ;  as, 

Nam     abscidit       terras         coslo. 

For    he  cut-off       the  lands     from  heaven. 

a.w.  H. 

PHILADELPHIA,  January,  1862. 

1  In  the  first  part,  there  is  a  slight  deviation  from  the  general 
method  of  the  work,  inasmuch  as  words  understood  are  put  in  paren- 
theses, the  same  as  those  words  and  sentences  substituted,  which 
are  also  sometimes  put  in  italics. 


CONTENTS. 


METAMORPHOSES. 


BOOK    1. 

FAB.     I.  IKTRODUCTIOH  —  CHAOS PA«I  9-11 

"       II.  Creation  of  the  World 11-U 

"      III.  Creation  of  Man 13-14 

"      IV.  The  Four  Ages  of  the  World 14-18 

"        V.  Battle  of  the  Giants 18-19 

"      VI.  Lycaon  changed  into  a  Wolf 19-23 

"    VII.  The  Deluge,  and  Renovation  of  the  Human  Race 24-34 

"VIII.  The  Serpent   Python 34-43 

"      IX.  lo  changed  into  a  Cow 43-49 

"        X.  Mercury  glays  Argus 49-50 

"      XI.  Syrinx  is  changed  into  a  Reed 51-62 

"    XIL  The    Eyes   of  Argus    changed    into    the    Tail    of  a 

Peacock 52-63 

"  XIII.  lo  is  driven  into  Madness 53-66 


BOOK    II. 

FA».       L     Concerning  Phaeton ...  67-76 

"        II.     The  Sisters  of  PhaSton  changed  into  Tears 76-79 

"      III.     Cygnus  changed  into  a  Swan 79-81 

•*      IV.     The  Abode  of  Envy 81-8S 

"        V.     Jupiter  changed  into  a  Bull 84-84 

(T) 


CONTENTS. 


BOOK    III. 

L     Cadmus,  and    the    Men  sprang   from    the  Teeth  of 

the  Dragon 87-M 

IL     Actseon  changed  into  a  Stag 85-102 

IIL     Narcissus  changed  into  a  Flower 103-109 

IV.     The  Birth  of  Bacchus ~ 109-113 

V.     Pentheus  raging  against  Bacchus 113-117 

VI.    Ballon  changed  into  Dolphins,  and  Pentheus  torn 

asunder  by  the  Bacchants 118-127 


BOOK    IV. 

FA*.      L     Decretes  transformed  into  a  Fish ;  Semiramis  into  a 

Dove;  and  Nais  into  a  Fish 128-131 

"       II.     Pyramus  and  Thisbe 131-138 

"     III.    The  Minyeides  changed  into  Bats 138-140 

"      IV.     Ino  and  Melicertes  changed  into  Marine  Deities...  140-148 
"        V.     The  Companions  of  Ino  changed   into    Stones   and 

Birds 148-149 

"      VI.     Cadmus  and  Hermione  changed  into  Serpents 149-152 

"    VIL     Serpents  begotten  out  of  the  Blood  of  Medusa 152-153 

"  VIIL     Atlas  changed  into  a  Mountain 153-156 

"      IX.     Concerning  Perseus  and  Andromeda 156-161 

"        X.    The  Hair  of  Medusa  changed  into  Serpents 161-164 


BOOK    V. 

FAB.      I.     The    Head    of    the    Gorgon    changing    Men    into 

Stones 165-179 

"       II.     Proetus  changed  into  a  Stone 179 

"     III.     Polydectes  changed  into  a  Stone 180 

"      IV.     Muses  changed  into  Birds,  and  the  Fall  of  Pyre- 

neus 181-183 

"        V.     Contest  of  the  Pierides  with  the  Muses 183-186 

"      VI.     Proserpine  seised  by  Pluto,  and  Cyane  changed  into 

a  Fountain 186-192 

"    VII.     B»y  changed  into  a  Spotted  Lizard 192-194 

"  VIII.     Ascalapus  changed  into  an  Owl 194-199 

"      IX.     The  Sirens  changed  into  Birds 199-201 

u       X.     The  Pkrides  changed  into  Magpiea 201-202 


CONTENTS.  Vll 


BOOK    VI. 

FAB.      I.     C»ntest  of  Arachne  with  Pallas 203-213 

"       II.     Concerning  Niobe 212-223 

"     III.     Procne,  Philomela,  Tsrous,  and  Itys,  changed  into 

Birds...  223-136 


BOOK    VII. 

FAB.      I.     Concerning  Jason  and  Medea. 237-247 

"       II.     Mson  restored  to  Youth 247-251 

"     III.     Description  of  a  Plague _ 251-257 

"      IV.     Ants  turned  into  Men 257-280 

"       V.     Concerning  Cephalus  and  Procria 260-272 

BOOK    VIII. 

FAB.      I.     Concerning  the  Fall  of  Icarui 273-276 

"       II.     Concerning  Perdix... 276-278 

"      III.     Concerning  Meleager  and  Atalanta 278-295 

"      IV.     Concerning  Philemon  and  Bauoii 206-303 

BOOK    IX. 

FAB.  L    Death  of  Hercalei 304-313 

BOOK    X. 

FAB.      L     Orpheus  and  Eurydice 814-319 

"       II.     Hyacinthus  changed  intc  a  Flower 820-328 

BOOK    XI. 

FAB.      I.    The  Wish  of  Midas 824-328 

"       II.     The  Judgment  of  Midas 328-332 

"      III.     The  Shipwreck  of  Cey* 332-339 

"      IV.     The  Cave  of  Sleep 339-344 

"        V.     Vision  of  Alcyone 345-349 

"      VI.     Cey*  and  Alcyone  changed  into  Birds 349-362 


Vlll  CONTENTS. 

BOOK    XII. 

FAB.      L    The  Abode  of  Fame ,  141-854 

"       IL     The  Death  of  Cygnus 365-460 

«     IIL    Achilles  slain  by  Paris 361-««4 


BOOK    XIII. 

FAB.      L     Contest  concerning  the  Arms  of  Achilles 365-894 

"       IL     The  Greeks  leave  Troy 390-393 

«     III.     The  Sacrifice  of  Polyxena 393-399 

"      IV.     Hecuba  changed  into  a  Dog 399-402 

"        V.     The  Ashes  of  Memnon  changed  into  Birds 402-406 

BOOK    XIV. 

FAB.      L     Settlement  of  JSneas  in  Italy 406-410 

u       IL    Deification  of  2Gneas 411-412 

"     HI.     The  Alban  Kings 413-419 

BOOK    XT. 

FAB.      I.    Doctrines  of  Pythagoras 420-433 

"       IL    Julius  Caesar  changed  into  a  Comet 433-442 

"     IIL    Conclusion....  442 


HEROIDE8. 

Knar.  L    Delanira  to  Hercules 445-1&4 

"      II.     Medea  to  Jason ...........450-464 


OVIDII    METAMORPHOSEON, 

OVID'S  METAMORPHOSES. 


LIBER    PRIMUS. 

BOOK  THE  FIRST. 

FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  1—31.) 

PRO03MIUM  —  CHAOS. 
INTR  OD  UCTION—  OBJ.  OS. 

ANIMUS  fert  dicere   formas  mutatas  in 

(My)      MIND         bears  (inclinei)  to  speak-of      forms       changed  into 

nova  corpora.     Dii,  aspirate  meis        coeptia 

new          bodies.          Gods,     breathe  (favourably)  to  my        undertakings 

(*nam  mutatis      vos,      et  illas) ;  que  deducite 

(for  ye  have  changed       yourselves,   and  them) ;      and      lead-down 

perpetuum  carmen  ab       prim&  origine         mundi  ad 

a  continuous  poem     from  the  first  origin     of  the  world          to 

mea  tempora.    Ante      mare  et  terras,  et  coelum,  quod 

my          times.  Before  (the)  sea    and     lands,    and  heaven,      which 

tegit  omnia,    5]  erat  unus     vultus         naturae 

covers         all      (thing*),  (there)    was       one     countenance    of  nature 

in      toto    orbe,    quern         dixere   chaos;      rudis   que 

in  the  whole    globe,       which     they  called          chaos ;      a  rude          and 

indigesta  moles,  nee  quicquam          nisi       inera 

unconcocted    mass,      nor  (was  there)      any         (thing)  unless  a  sluggish 

pondus,    que    discordia    semina       rerum    non    bene 

weight,  and        discordant          seeds       of  things          not          well 

junctarum  congesta  eodem.         Nullus  Titan  10] 

joined  heaped-together  in  the  same     (place).       No          Titan  ( Sum) 

*  Or,  (nam  vos  et          mut&stis  illas). 

(for          ye   alto  hare  changed         them). 


10  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

adhuc       prsebebat  lumina         mundo,  nee         Phoebe 

ae-yet      did  afford  lights     to  the  world,  nor    'did       Phoebe 

reparabat  nova   cornua      crescendo,   nee 

(Moon)       'repair          new          home      by  increasing,          nor  'did  (the) 

tellus   pendebat   in   ae're    circumfuso,    librata       suis 

earth  'hang          in       air         poured-about,         poised      by  her 

ponderibus:  nee      Amphitrite      porrexerat      brachia 

weights:  nor  'had   Amphitrite  (tea)      'reached      (her)         anna 

longo  margine        terrarum.     Que  qua  et  tellus 

in  the  long          margin     of  the  lands.  And     where  also       land 

(fuit),   illic   et  16]  pontus    et   ae'r.     Sic      tellus   erat 

was          there  also  (was)    sea        and     air.        So    the  earth  was 

instabilis,      unda  innabilis,      ae'r  egens     lucis ;      sua 

unstable,         the  wave    unnavigable,  the  air    needing  of  light :       its-own 

forma      manebat      nulli:  que    aliud 

form       did  remain  to  no          (thing) :    \  and       other    (one)  (thing) 

obstabat     aliis, 

did  oppose         to  others  (thingi),  [and  one  thing  did  oppose  another  thing,] 

quia    in  uno  corpore,  frigida  pugnabant     calidis, 

because  in    one        body,         cold  (things)  did  fight  with  hot, 

humentia     siccis,  mollia  cum  duris,  habentia 

moist          with  dry,  soft        with     hard  (things),  (things)      having 

pondus  sine  pondere.   2O] 

weight   (icith  things)  without     weight. 

Deus  et     melior  natura  diremit  hanc  litem.     Nam 

God     and  a  better          nature      broke-off     this       strife.  For 

abscidit      terras        coelo   et       undas  terris, 

he  cut-off        the  lands     from  heaven  and  the  waves     from  the  lands, 

et  secrevit      liquidum  coslum  ab      spisso  acre.     Post- 

and  separated  the  liquid  heaven  from  the  thick          air.  After- 

quarn     evolvit  quae          que  exemit  cgeco  acervo, 

that       he  unfolded  which  (things)  and    took-out  from  the  dark  heap, 

ligavit  26]      dissociata         locis        concord!    pace. 

he  bound       (thingt)       disunited  in  places       in  concordant       peace. 

Ignea  vis      convexi  coeli,  et  sine  pondere  emicuit, 

The  fiery        force  of  convex       heaven,  and  without  weight     sprang-out, 

que   legit      locum     sibi   in       summa   arce. 

and      chose      a  place     fcr  itself     in    the  highest         citadel  (of  heaven > 


LIBER    PKIMUB.  11 

Mr  est  proximus     illi     levitate  que  loco  ;       tellus 

The  air        is          next        to  that  in  lightness     and    place  ;     the  earth 

densior  his,  que  traxit  grandia  ele- 

(wae)  more-dense  (than)  these,    and     drew  (attracted)  the  great          prin- 

menta,    et   pressa-est          gravitate      sui:      circum- 

ciples,          and    was-pressed  by  (the)  gravity  of  itself:  the    circum- 

fluus    humor    possedit       ultima,   30]    que     coercuit 

fluent      moisture       possessed      the  last          (placet),    and      constrained 

solidum  orbem. 

the  solid  globe. 

FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  32—68.) 

CREATIO  MUNDI. 

C&KATION  OF  THE  WORLD. 

Ubi,    (quisquis  Deorum    ille    fuit),       secuit 

When,      (whosoever    of  the  Gods  he         was),      he  cut 

congeriem  sic  depositam,  que  redegit      sectam  in 

the  mass  thus         disposed,         and     reduced   (it)  cut  into 

membra;         principio      glomeravit       terrain   in 

members ;     in  the  beginning      he  rounded  the  earth         into  (the) 

speciem        magni    orbis,  ne  foret  non  sequalis 

appearance  of  a  great  globe,      lest  it  might  be  not  equal 

ab    omni   parte.      Turn      diffudit    freta,  que      jussit 

from   every       part.  Then    he  poured-out  gulfs,       and  commanded 

tumescere       rapidis    ventis,6]et       circumdare 

(them)  to  swell  by  rapid  winds,       and    to  surround 

littora          ambitae   terrae.         Addidit    et    fontes, 

the  shores       of  the  surrounded    earth.         He  added  also   fountains, 

et  iinmensa  stagna  que  lacus ;   que  cinxit       declivia 

and     immense          ponds       and      lakes ;       and   bounded  the  sloping 

flumina         obliquis  ripis ;  quae  diversa  ocis 

rivers          with  crooked        banks;     which    different  in  (different)  places 

sorbentur  partim  ab  ipsS, ;  partim         per- 

are  absorbed  partly       by    herself  (the  earth) ;     partly      they       ar- 

veniunt  in       mare,  que         recepta  10]  campo     liberi- 

rive  into  the  eea,         and  being  received       in  a  plain       of      more- 

oris  aquae,         pulsant      littora  pro  ripis.  Jussit 

free     water,      they  beat          the  shores       for     bunks.      He  commanded 


12  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

et  campos          extendi,  valles      subsidcrc,   silvas 

tlso    plains       to  be  extended,       valleys  to  sink.  woods    to  b« 

tegi  fronde,  lapidosos  montes     surgcre. 

covered    with  leaf,  stony         mountains  to  rise. 

Que  ut  duae  zonse  secant  coelum          dextrS,  que 

And     as      two       zones   -      cut          heaven     in  the  right,  and 

totidem         sinistra1  parte,      quinta  est  ardentior 

as-many   in  the  left  part,      the  fifth  is         hotter       (than) 

illis  :  Sic      cura     Dei  distinxit       inclusum  onus 

those  :     So   the  care    of  God  distinguished  the  inclosed    |  burden  [mass] 

15]       eodem  numero,  que  totidem  plagae       premuntur 

with  the  same          number,      and    as-many     regions   are  impressed 

tellure.     Quse  est       media          quarum  est  non 

on  the  earth.  Which    is  (the)  middle  (one)  of  these  is        not 

habitabilis         aestu ;    alta   nix   tegit   duas :       locavit 

habitable          from  heat;         deep    snow    covers       two:       he  placed 

totidem  inter  utramque,  que  dedit  temperiem,  flamma* 

as-many    between        each,  and      gave       temperature,  flame 

20]  mista   cum    frigore.         JEr   imminet      his, 

(heat)  being  mixed        with          cold.         The  air        hangs-over  to  these, 

qui  est     tanto    onerosior          igni,    quanta      pondus 

which  is  by  so-much  more-weighty  (than)  fire,  by  how-much  the  weight 

aquse  est   levius  pondere    terrse.          Jussit 

of  water       is    more-light  (than)  the  weight       of  earth.     He  commanded 

et          nebulas       consistere    illic,        nubes    illic,     et 

also    the  mists  to  stand-together  there,     the  clouds        there,     and 

tonitrua   motura   humanas  mentes,  et  ventos  facientes 

thunders     about-to-move     human         minds,     and    winds  making 

frigora    cum    fulminibus.  25]  Fabricator  mundi 

colds  with          lightnings.          The  framer  of  the  world 

quoque  permisit  non      ae'ra  habendum   passim        his. 

also  permitted    not    the  air          to-be-had     every-where  by  these. 

Vix   nunc          obsistitur     illis, 

Hardly  now      |  it  is  opposed         to  them,    [they  are  with  difficulty  pre- 

quin  lanient      mundum :  tanta  est 

vented,]       but     (that)  they  may  tear          the  world:  so-great     is 

discordia         fratrum.     (Cum  regnat  quisque 

the  discord        of  the  brothers.  (When  they  may  rule          evcry-on* 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  13 

sua     flamina         diverse    tractu.)  30]  Eurus     recessit 

bis-own     blasts       in  A  different        region.)       The  East-wind        receded 

ad  Auroram   que  Nabathaea   regna,   que  Persida   et 

to          Aurora         and       Nabatha;an     kingdoms,    and         Persia      and 

juga  subdita      matutinis   radiis :          Vesper  et 

mountain-tops  subjected    to  early  sun-beams :     Tbe  evening    and 

littora  quae  tepescunt         occiduo  sole  sunt  proxima 

ihores       which     grow-warm     with  setting          gun        are  nearest 

Zephyro :    horrifer   Boreas   invasit   Scythiam    que 

to  Zephyrus:  dreadful        Boreas        seized  Scythia  and 

Septemtriones  (pi) :         contraria   tellus   madescit 

the  North :  the  opposite  land       grows-moist 

assiduis   nubibus   que    ab   pluvio  Austro.  35]  Super 

with  continual         clouds          and    from      rainy     South-wind.         Above 

hsec        imposuit        liquidum     aethera,     et     carentem 

these     he  placed  the  liquid  sky,  and  wanting 

gravitate  nee  habentem  quicquam  terrenae  fsecis. 

weight  nor        having  any    (portion)  of  earthly  dreg. 

PAB.  IIL     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  69—88.) 

CREATIO         HOMINI8. 
CREATION  OF  MAN. 

Vix  discreverat  ita  omnia         certis  limitibus, 

Scarcely  had  he  separated  thus    all  (things)  in  certain  limits, 

cum      sidera,  quae         pressa  diu  latuere  sub      massa1 

when  the  stars,         which  being  pressed    long     lay-bid  under  the  mass 

ips&,  coeperunt      eflervescere  toto   coelo. 

itself    (of  chaos),         began         to  glow-out  in  the  whole   heaven. 

Neu  ulla  regio  foret       orba     suis  animalibus,      astra 

Lest      any    region    might   be  bereft -of  its-own       animals,        the  stars 

que      formae  Deorum    tenent      coeleste    solum : 

and    the  forms       of  the  Gods  hold     the  heavenly        ground : 

undae    cesserunt    habitandae    5]    nitidis    piscibus: 

the  waves  fell  to-be-inhabited  by  the  sleek  fishes : 

terra  cepit          feras ;         agitabilis  ae'r      volucres. 

the  earth       took     the  wild-beasts ;    the  perturbablo     air    the  birds. 

Animal    sanctius  his,     que     capacius     altae 

An  animal  more-holy    (than)  these,        and    more-capable  of  loftjr 


14  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

mentis,    deerat   adhuc,  et  quod          posset    dominari 

mind,       was-wanting  as-yet,     and  which   might  be-able   to  rule 

in  caetera.     Homo  natus-est.     Sive  ille  Opifex 

In  (over)  the  rest  Man         was-born.       Whether  that        Artist 

rerum,      origo  melioris  mundi,  fecit   hunc 

of  things,      the  commencement  of  a  better  world,       made          him 

10]  divino  semine ;    sive        recens  tellus,  que  nuper 

from  divine          seed ;       whether  the  fresh  earth,      and         lately 

seducta   ab       alto  aethere      retinebat      semina 

separated    from  the  lofty        sky       did  retain  the  seeds         of  the 

cognati  coeli.     Quam  mistam        fluvialibus 

related       heaven.       Which    (earth)    being  mingled     with  river 

undis,        satus          Japeto   finxit   in        effigiem 

waves,     (he)   sprung   from  Japetus      formed    into    the  image         of  the 

Deorum  moderantum  cuncta.  Que  cum 

Gods  governing  all       (thingt).      And      when  (since)  the 

caetera  animalia   prona          spectent 

rest  (all  other)       animals     bent-down  may  behold         (behold)  the 

terrain,     dedit     sublime     os         homini;  que      jussit 

«arth,         he  gave      a  lofty     countenance  to  man ;  and  commanded 

15]       tueri  ccelum,  et      tollere  erectos    vultus 

(Aim)    to  behold    heaven,    and  to  lift-up          erect     countenances  (lookt) 

ad      sidera.     Sic       tellus,  quae  modo       fuerat  rudis 

to    the  stars.  Thus  the  earth,      which     lately  had  been  rough 

et     sine      imagine,  conversa,    induit        ignotaa 

and   without          form,  being  changed,  put-on      the  unknown 

Gguras       hominum. 

shapes       of  men. 

FAB.  IV.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  89—150.) 

QUATUOR   STATES  MUNDI. 

THE-  FOUR  AGES    OF  THE  WORLD. 

Aurea  setas   sata-est   prima,  quae,  nullo 

The  golden         age     was-produced     first,      which,  (there  being)        no 

vindice,      colebat    fidem    que    rectum,      sua"-sponte. 

ivenger,     did  cultivate         faith        and          right,       by  its-own-will, 

sine     lege.      Poena    que  metus  aberant :  Nee 

without    law.        Punishment    and       fear      were-distaot  (unknown) :    Noi 


LIBEK   PKIMUS.  15 

minatia  verba  legebantur      aere  fixo ;         nee 

Vere  threatening  words          'read  in  brass  fixed  (up);      nor     'did 

supplex   turba   timebant      ora  sui  judicis ; 

(a)    suppliant      crowd  fear        the  faces  (looks}  >f  their        judge ; 

Bed         erant  tuti   sine        vindice.         Pinus  nondum, 

but      they  were       safe  without   an  avenger.       The  pine  not-yet, 

caes&      suis   montibus,         descenderat   in       liquidas 

cut        in  its-own  mountains,      had  descended  into  the  liquid 

undas,    ut      6]      viseret      peregrinum    orbem:    que 

waves,         that     it  might  visit  a  foreign  globe :          and 

mortales        norant  nulla  littora,  praeter   sua.        Non- 
mortals         had  known          no      shores,        except  their-own.         Not- 

dum        praecipites   fossae   cingebant   oppida.        Tuba 

yet      'did        steep  trenches       'surround          towns.        A  trumpet 

directi  non,  cornua  flexi  [aeris]  non, 

of   straight  (brass)  (was)    not,        horns  (buglet)  of  bent      brass         not, 

galeae   erant   non,        ensis   non:    gentes   securae 

helmets       were         not,      the  sword       not:        nations          safe       |  did 

perageba'if  mollia   otia  sine       usu 

fi  lish  .-"ft       leisures    [lived  in  tranquillity]    without   the  use 

militis.  10]  Tellus  ipsa  quoque  immunis  que  intacta 

of  a  soldier.       The  Earth     herself      also  free          and  untouched 

rastro,  nee  saucia  ullis  vomeribus,      dabat 

by  (the)  rake,         nor  wounded  (torn}  by  any     plough-shares,  did  give 

omnia  per   se:      que    content!          cibis 

(produced)     all      (things)     by     itself:        and        content         with  foods 

creatis,  nullo  cogente,  legebant  arbuteos  foetus, 

created,       none     compelling,    they  did  gather  arbutus      branches 

15]      que  montana   fraga,    que     coma,      et       mora 

(bemtt),  and      mountain  strawberries,  and  cornel-berries,  and  mulberries 

haerentia   in   duris   rubetis,    et        glandes,    quae 

cleaving          in       hard         bushes,      and    the  acorns,  which      had 

deciderant  patula   arbore     Jovis.     ^Btcrnum 

falleb-down         from  (the)  spreading      tree       of  Jupiter.  Eternal 

ver    erat ;    que   placidi    Zephyri      mulcebant      flores 

spring  was ;       and         gentle         Zephyrs    did  sooth*  the  flowers 

natos  sine    semine       teperitibus    auris.       Mox 

born     lipmny)  without        seed        by  warm  l.reezcs.  Soon 

t: 


16  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

etiam      tellus    inarata  20]  ferebat   fruges ;    nee      re- 

also        the  earth       un-ploughed  did  bear  fruits ;         nor  the    re. 

novatus  ager      canebat         gravidis   aristis. 

newed    (ploughed  again)  field    did  grow-white  with  heavy  Btalki 

Jam  flumina      lactis,  jam  flumina      nectaris 

(of  corn).     Now        rivers       of  milk,         now        rivers       of  nectar 

ibant ;    que    flava    mella       stillabant    de       viridi 

did  go ;  and      yellow      honeys  did  distil  from  the  green 

ilice.      Postquam,  Saturno          misso  in       tenebrosa 

holm-oak.     After-that,  Saturn       being  sent        into  the  gloomy 

Tartara,      mundus  erat  sub  Jove  ;       argentea   proles 

Tartarus,     the  world  wim  under  Jupiter;    the  silver  offspring 

subiit,  deterior         auro,      25]  pretiosior 

entered,        worse      (than)   gold    (the  golden  age),    more-valuable  (tJmn 

fulvo   sere.      Jupiter   contraxit        tempora       antiqui 

yellow    brass.          Jupiter        contracted      the  times  of  aacient 

veris ;   que  exegit       annum     quatuor  spatiis, 

spring;    (and   spent-out  the  year         in  four  spaces,  [and  divided 

per    byemes,    que    aestus,    et 

the  year  into   four   periods,]       by         winters,         and     summers,  and 

inequales    autumnos,    et   breve    ver.       Turn   primum 

unequal  autumns,        and     short      spring.         Then  first 

aer  ustus  30]  siccis  fervoribus  canduit ;  et      glacies 

the  air      burnt     with  dry  heats         grew-hot;     and  the  ice 

adstricta  ventis   pependit.       Turn   primum 

bound  by  the  winds  hung.  Then          first          they 

subiere    domos ;        domus    fuerunt    antra,    et    densi 

entered  houses ;      the  houses  were          caverns,     and        thick 

frutices,   et   virgse  vinctae         cortice.     Turn  primum 

fruit-trees,    and       roda        bound       with  bark.  Then  first 

Cerealia   semina         obruta-sunt      longis  sulcis;    que 

Cerealian          seeds       were  covered  in  long          furrows ;       and 

juvenci    pressi         jug°    gemuere.  35]  JEnea    proles 

bullocks         pressed  by  the  yoke        grouned.         The  brazen        offspring 

tertia     successit    post    illas,      saevior        ingeniis     et 

third  succeeded       after      those,       more-fierce    in  dispositions  and 

promptior  ad    horrida   arma ;     nee    tamen   scelerata 

m»re-ready         to       dreadful        arms;         not      howeve'  wicked 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  17 

Ultima  eat  de  duro  ferro.     Protinus  nmne      nefas 

fhe  last  is     of      bard      iron.         Immediately       all    wickedness 

pejoris  venae    40]    irrumpit  in      aevum,  pudor,  que 

of  worse          vein  (quality)     breaks-in     nto  the  age,         modesty,     and 

verum,    que   fides   fugere :    in   locum      quorum   que 

truth,  and       faith  fled:          in        place      of  whfch  both 

fraudes,  que  doli,  que  insidise,  et     vis,     et    sceleratua 

frandi,  and  deceits,  and      snares,     and  violence,  and  the  wiikcd 

amor      habendi  subi&re.  Navita      dabat 

love        of  having       (poncising)  succeeded.      The  sailor        did  give 

vela          ventis,    nee          noverat   illos   bene   adhuc : 

Bails     to  the  winds,         nor  had  he  known          them        well  as-yet: 

que  carinoe  46]  quae      steterant  diu  in  altis  montibus, 

and       keels     (thips)  which  had  stood  long  in    lofty       mountain?, 

insultavere       ignotis  fluctibus :   que       cautus  mensor 

bonnded-upoh    tin- unknown         waves:         and    the  cautious     measurer 

signavit      humum         longo  limite,  [prius]  communem 

marked       tbc  <rri>tiinl     with  a  long     boundary,  hitherto  common 

ceu      lumina          soils  et       auras.     Nee 

(to  nil)    as    the  lights        of  the  sun     and  the  breezes.        Nor   'was   the 

dives  humus  poscebatur  tan  turn  segetes  que 

rich          ground          'required      (to  furnish)        only  crops          and 

debita  alimenta  ;  sed          itum-est 

due        nourishments;  |  but  it  was  gone      (by  men)  [but  men  penetrated] 

in        viscera  terrae :    que    opes,      irritamenta 

into  the  bowels        of  the  earth :  ami      riches,  the  incentives  of 

malorum,     quas      5O]  recondiderat   que       ad- 

evils,  which    (riches)     she  bad  hidden  and   had   re- 

moverat       Stygiis   umbris,      effodiuntur.       Que  jam 

moved  to  Stygian          slimlcs,     are  dug-out  And  already 

noccus  i'errum  quo  aurum  nocentius          ferro 

hurting    (destructive)      iri'ii         and       gold      more-hurting  (Man)      iron 

prodierat:  bellum  prodit,  quod  pugnat        utroque; 

h:nl  .-ouie-forth :          war     cm .i<;»-STth,  \vlm'b     fights       with  each; 

•JUG    concutit    crepitantia    arma        sanguinea    manu. 

ind    «hakes-together        rattling          arms    with  bloody  hand. 

Vivitur          ex    rapto : 

!  It  is  lived     (by  men)  from  plundered   (property) :  [men  live  by  rapine:] 


18  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

56]  hospes       non  tutus  ab        hospite;  non       socer 

(the)  guest      (i.«r«)    not       safe     from  (Aw)      host;          not  father-in-law 

&       genero :         gratia  fratrum    quoque    est 

from    son-in-law :    the  favour  (concord]  of  brothers  also  ii 

rara.         Vir  imminet      cxitio  conjugis, 

rare.  A  man  (husband)    threatens    the  destruction  of  (hi*)  wife, 

ilia  mariti ;    terribiles    novercse    miscent    luricla 

she  of  (her)  husband ;          dreadful       step-mothers       mingle  iark 

aconita ;  filius  inquirit  in  patrios  annos  ante 

henbanes   (poi*on»);    a  son  inquires    into   paternal       years     before 

6O]  diem.     Pietas  jacet  victa :         et       virgo 

(hit)  day.  Piety       lies     (prostrate)  conquered:         and  the  virgin 

Astrsea,  reliquit  ultima  coelestum,      terras 

Astrwa       (justice),  left  last       of  the  deities,  the  earth 

madentes         caede. 

dripping         with  slaughter. 


FAB.  V.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  151—162.) 

GIGANTOMAOHIA. 

BATTLE-OF-OIANTS. 

Neve  arduus  aether        foret  securior 

Neither  (lett)  the  lofty  sky     might  be        more-secure  (than)  the 

terris,         ferunt      Grigantas          affectasse      coeleste 

lands,        they  report     the  Giants          to  have  aimed-at        the  celestial 

regnum,  que          struxisse  congestos  montes  ad      alta 

kingdom,      and  to  have  erected  piled         mountains    to  the  lofty 

sidera.     Turn      omnipotens  Pater  perfregit  Olympum, 

stars.  Then  the  almighty  Father  broke-through        Olympus, 

5]    fulmine          misso,    et  excussit    Ossam          Pelio 

(hit)  lightning   being  sent,          and    shook- off          Ossa       from   Pelion 

subjecto.         Cum      dira     corpora        jacerent 

placed-under  (ft).  When  the  dreadful     bodies    might  lie  (did  lie] 

obruta  su&   mole,        ferunt      terrain,  perfusam 

overwhelmed  by  their-own  mass,  they  report      the  earth,  drenched 

multo  sanguine          natorum,          immaduisse  que 

with  much          blood       of  (her)  sons,  to  have  grown-moist         and 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  10 

anim&sse      calidum  cruorem  :  et  ne  nulla  monu- 

U  Lave  animated      the  hot  gore :         and  lest    no          monu- 

menta         ferae  stirpis         manerent,          vertisse 

ments     of  the  savage    stock  should  remain,          to  have  turned         (been 

10]       in       faciem  hominum ;  sed  ilia  pro- 

ehanged]  into  the  face         (appearance)  of  men ;  but    that       off- 

pago  et  fuit     contemptrix        Superfim,  que  avidissiina 

spring  also  was    a  despiser  of  the  Gods  and       most-greedy 

saevaa  caedis,  et  violenta :  scires         natoa 

of  cruel     slaughter,  and     violent :         thou  mightest  know  (them)       born 

&     sanguine. 

from      blood. 


FAB.  \I.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  164—239.) 

LTOAON  IN          LUPUM. 

(CHANGED)   INTO  A     WOLF. 


Quae  ut        Saturnius  pater  vidit  summfi, 

Which  (things)  waen  the  Saturnian         father      saw  from  the  highest 

arce,  ingemit  ;  et  referens      foeda     convivia 

citadel  (of  heaven)  he  groans;         and     relating    the  abominable  banquets 

Lycaoniio  mensae,  nondum  vulgata,      facto 

of  the  Lycaonian          table,  not-yet      published,  the  deed     (being) 

recenti,     concipit  ingentes  iras  anirao,  et  dignas 

recent,       he  conceives        great        angers  in  (hit)  mind,       and     worthy 

Jove  ;    que   vocat     concilium  :    nulla   mora    tenuit 

of  Jupiter;      auJ       calls     a  council:  no          delay      detained 

6]       vocatos.  Est     sublimis    via    manifesta 

(them)       called.         (There)  is      a  lofty  way  clear  in 

sereno    coelo,  habet       nomen    Lactea, 

serene          heaven  (weather),    it  has  the  name  Milky    (  Way), 

notabilis         candore  ipso.       H£c  iter    est 

remarkable  by  the  whiteness    itself.    By  this      (way)  a  passage  is   to  the 

Superis  ad     tecta  magni  Tonantis  que     regalem 

Gods  to  the  mansions  of  the  great         Thunderer    and  the  royal 

domum.         Atria         nobilium  Deorum      cele- 

house.  The  ha!ls    of  the  noble         (superior)         Gods       are      fre- 


20  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

brantur,      valvis  apertis          dextra   que 

quented,       the  folding-doors    being  opened       on  the  right-hand  und    tht 

Iseva.  10]  Plebs  habitant  diversa      locis  : 

left.         The  commonalty  (of  the  Gods)       dwell  different     in  places 

potentes  que   clari    Coelicolae  posuere  suos 

(ntvations) :  the  powerful        and  illustrious      Deities          placed        their 

penates  &  fronte.     Hie  est    IOCUB, 

household-gods  (dwellings)  from  (on)  the  front.  This     is  the  place, 

quern  timeam    baud  dixisse       Palatia 

which       I  may  fear  not    to  have  called        the  Palaces      of  the 

magni    coeli,    si    audacia  detur  verbis. 

great         heaven,     if       boldness    may  be  given     (granted)   to  words. 

Ergo      ubi        Super!   sedere   15]  marmoreo   recessu, 

Therefore  when  the  Gods          sat-down  in  the  marble  recess, 

ipse    celsior      loco,    que  innixus  eburno 

himself    higher     in  place,       and      having  leaned        on  (his)  ivory 

sceptro,    concussit   que   ter   que   quater       terrificam 

sceptre,  shook          both   thrice    and   four-times   the  dreadful 

caesariem  capitis ;    cum    qua       movit      terram, 

hair  of  (his)  head;  with     which    he  shook     the  earth, 

mare,      sidera.     Inde      solvit  indignantia 

the  sea,        the  stars.  Then    he  loosed  (opened)  (h/'s)          indignant 

ora  talibus  modis.    "  Ego        fui        non  magis 

mouths  (lipi)  in  such          manners.         "I     have  been  (was)  not        more 

anxius    pro      regno      20]  mundi      ilia1    tern- 

anxious      for    the  kingdom  (government)  of  the  world       in  that         sea- 

pestate,     qu&  (quisque)         anguipedum  para- 

gon, in  which  (every-one)  of  the  snake-footed       (giants)  did      pre- 

bant      injicere         centum  brachia          captivo  coelo. 

pare       to  cast  (his)    hundred          arms     on  the  captive       heaven. 

Nam,    quanquam       hostis    erat    ferus,    tamen    illud 

For,  although       the  enemy        was        fierce,       however        that 

bellum     pendebat  ab  uno  corpore  et  ex  un&  origine. 

war         did  depend          from  one          body       and  from  one  origin. 

Nunc      mortale  genus      perdendum      mihi  qua 

Now      the  mortal  race     (i»)  to-be-destroyed  to  me  (by  me)  wherever 

Nereus  circumtonat      orbem.  25]  Juro  per 

Nereui      (tJie  Oceai)    thunders-round  the  globe.  I  swear       by    th« 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  21 

infera  flumina   labentia   sub       terras 

low         (infernal)     rivers  gliding      uuder   the  lands     (earth)   ;o  th« 

Stygio  luco,  cuncta  tentata  prius  ;  sed 

Stygian     grove,        all       (thingi)  (having  been)       tried        before;       but 

immedicabile  vulnus  recidendum  [ense], 

an  incurable  wound  (i>)  to  be  cut-away  'by  (the)   'swcrd, 

ne        sincera  pars  trahatur.  Semidei 

lest   the  pure  part     may  be  drawn-in     (infected).      The  Semigoda 

Bunt       mihi,       rustica   numina,  30]  Nymphae,    que 

are        for  me,        the  rural  deities,       the  Nymphs,  and    the 

Fauni    que      Satyri,    et          monticolae          Sylvani 

Fauns         and    the  Satyrs,         and   the  mountain-dwellers  the  Sylvans 

sunt.  Quos  quoniam      dignamur  nondum 

are       (mine).      Whom          since        we  deign  (to  invest)         not-yet 

honore      coeli,  sinamus    cert&       habitare 

with  the  honour      of  heaven,  we  may  permit          certainly    to  inhabit 

terras         quas  dedimus.       An  creditis 

the  land     (earth)  which  we  have  given.  Whether  do  ye  believe 

[0  Superi]  illos          fore         satis    tutos,  cum  Lycaon 

0      Gods        them  to  be-about-to-be  sufficiently  safe,     when        Lycaon 

notus  feritate  struxerit       insidias 

known  (remarkable)  by  savageness  may  have  laid     (has  laid)     snares    for 

mihi,  qui  que  habeo  que  rego      fulmen,  qui  35] 

me,         who   both     have      and     rule    the  lightning,    who  (hold  and  rule) 

vos?"     Omnes  confremuere ;  que      ardentibus  studiis 

you  ?"  All  shuddered ;          and  with  ardent  zeals 

deposcunt  ausum  talia. 

jximion*)    they  demand  (the  man)    having  dared         such    (thingt). 

Sic,  cum     impia  manus  ssevit     extinguere     Romanum 

Thus,  when  an  impious    hand       raged    to  extinguish     the  Roman 

nomen        Csesareo      sanguine,          humanum     genus 

name  in  Csesarean  blood,  the  human  race 

attonitum-est      subito   torrore      tantae  ruinae,  que40] 

was-astonished        by  sudden        icrror      of  so-great      ruin,        and   the 

totus  orbis  perhorruit.     Nee  fuit      pietas     tuorum, 

whole     globe    treinbled-much.       Nor    was  the  devotion  of  thy  (frieiidt), 

Auguste,  minus  grata      tibi,  quam  ilia  Jovi. 

0  Auguftu.-,  less       pleasing   to  tbee,       than      that  {«•.;»•;  to  Jupiter 


22  OVIDII   METAMORl'll. 

Qui   postquam       compressit          murmura  voc« 

Who        aftcr-that       he  chocked          (their)     murnrirs       by  (his)  voic« 

que          manu,  cuncti  tenuere  silentia.     Ut        clamor 

and  by  (his)  hand,  all  held        silences.       When  the  noise 

substitit,   pressus          gravitate   45]  regentis,   Jupiter 

ceased,  checked    by  the  seriousness    of  the  ruler,  Jupiter 

rumpit  iterum      silentia     hoc  sermone  :  "  Ille  quidem 

breaks          again     the  silences    by  this       speech:  "He          indeed 

solvit  poenas,    dimittite          curam;    tamen 

has  loosed  ( paid)  the  penalties,        dismiss     (your)      care ;          however 

docebo          quod  adraissum,    quae   sit 

I  will  teach         (you)     what     (has  been)      committed,        what       is    th« 

vindicta.         Infamia         temporis      contigerat 

revenge.  The  infamy       of  the  time  had  touched          (reached) 

nostras    aures ;    quam   cupiens          falsam,      delabor 

our  ears;          which      desiring    (to  be)     false,        I  glide-down 

50]        summo    Olympo,    et          Deus    sub     humanS 

from  the  highest          Olympus,      and  (as)  a  God        under  a  human 

imagine,     lustro      terras.  Mora   est   longa 

image,  I  review    the  lands       (earth).      The  delay         is  long 

enumerare   quantum     noxae  repertum-sit 

to  recount  how-much  of  guilt     may  have  been  found 

ubique :         infamia  ipsa  fuit  minor 

(teat  found)  every- where:    the  infamy     (evil  report)    itself    was  less 

vero.  Transieram  Msenala  horrenda 

than      true  (truth).  I  had  crossed  Msenalus       dreadful      by  the 

latebris     ferarum     et         pineta  gelidi   Lycaei 

dens  of  wild-beasts     and     the  pine-groves   of  the  cold          Lycaeum 

55]     cum    Cylleno.       Hinc     ingredior      sedes    et 

(along)    with       Cyllenus.          Hence    I  enter  the  seats       and  the 

inhospita    tecta           Arcados    tyranni,    cum        sera 

inhospitable        roofs     of  the  Arcadian  tyrant,         when    the  late 

crepuscula         traberent  noctem.      Dedi  signa 

twilights  might  draw         (did  draic-on)     night.         I  gave          signs 

Deum      venisse ;    que      vulgus  coeperat 

(that)  a  God       had  come ;  and  the  common-people  had  begun 

precari :  Lycaon  primo  irridet         pia  vota  :        ait, 

to  pray ;  Lycaon        firstly       mocks  (their)  pious    TOWS:      ha  »aya, 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  2t 

*  Experiar  mox,         aperto  discnmine,  60 

•I  will  try  present!}',  [with  open        distinction,  [with  a  plain  proof,] 

hie  sit     Deus  an     mortalis ;    nee  verum 

(whether)  this   bo    a  God        or     u  mortal;          neither 'shall  the  truth 

erit  dubitabile.'     Parat     perdere  me  [nocte]  gravem 

'be        doubtful.'      He  prepares  to  destroy       me    at-night      heavy   with 

somno,        nec-opinS,  morte  :  Hsec  experientia         veri 

<leep,       by  an  unexpected       death :         This          proof  of  the  truth 

placet     illi.     Nee  contentus         eo,       resolvit       66] 

pleases    to  him.     Neither      content        with  that,  he  opens    (cntt)  -with  n 

mucrone      jugulum     unius  obsidis  missi  do      Molossa 

b'.ado  the  throat          of  one          hostage      sent    from  the  Molossian 

gente :  atque  ita  partim  mollit  semineces  artus 

nations:        and     thus     partly      softens  (boilt)  the  half-dead  limbs 

ferventibus  aquis,  partim  torruit          igni  subjecto. 

with  boiling  water,         partly    roasted  (them on)  fire  placed-under. 

Quos   simul      imposuit      mensis,  ego  [vindice  flamma'j 

Which  :is-soon-as  he  placed   to  (on)  the  tables,     I  witb-avenging   flame 

everti        tecta  in         Penates,    dignos      domino.  Ipse 

overturned  the  roofs  upon  tbeHousehold-Gods,worthy(<&*j'r)  master.  Himself 

territus  fugit,  que         nactus     silentia       70]       ruris 

affrighted      fled,      and  having  gained  the  silent      (places)  of  the  country 

exululat,  que  conatur  frustra     loqui :        Os  colligit 

he  howls,  and  endeavours    vainly     to  speak  :  (Hif)  mouth    collect* 

rabiem    ab   ipso,   que         vertitur   in      pecudes 

fury  from  himself,    and     it  is  turned  on  the  cattle  from& 

cupidine      solitae     csedis ;    et      gaudet  nunc  quoque 

iesire          of  accustomed  slaughter ;  and  he  rejoices        now  also 

sanguine.         Vestes  abeunt  in  villos(p/.), 

in  blood.  (Hi')  clothes         depart  (change)  into     shag,  (hit) 

lacerti  in  crura  ;         fit         lupus,  et  servat      vestigia 

arms        into    legs;      bo  becomes   a  wolf,       and  preserves  the  traces 

75]      veteris    formae :       canities   est      eadem,      vio- 

of  (hit)  old  shape :       the  hoariness       is     the  same,        the  vlv- 

lentia          vultu  eadem;       idem  oculi  lucent) 

lence     in  (hit)  countenance  the  same  ;         the  same        ejes 

imago     feritatis  eadem." 

the  image     of  sa\  agency  (f«)  the  lame." 


24  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 


FAB.  VII.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  240—415.) 

DILUVIUM   ET    REPARATIO  HUMANI  GENEEI8 

THE  DELUGE       AND  RENOVATION  OF  THE  HITMAN        RACK 

"  Una  domus          occidit ;  sed  non  una 

"  One        house  (family)     fell ;          but    not      one    (more  than  one] 

fuit  digna     perire ;         Erinnys  regnat   qua         terra 

was     worthy  to  perish ;         The  Fury  reigns    wherever  the  earth 

patet.  Putes  jurasse  in  facinus: 

lies-open.  Thou  mayest  think     (them)   to  have  sworn        unto         crime  : 

omnes  [ocius]        dent  poenas,  quas 

all  speedily    may  give  (thould  suffer)  the  penalties,  which  they  have 

merue"re     pati,  (sic          sententia  stat)."  Pars  probant 

deserved      to  suffer,  (thus  (my)  determination  stands)."    Part          approve 

dicta      Jovis      voce  que   adjiciunt   stimulos 

the  words     of  Jupiter  by  voice  (speech)     and  add  incentives 

5]         frementi :    alii  iinplent         partes     assensibus. 

(to  him)    raging:  others         till        (their)  parts      by  assents. 

Tamen      jactura          humani   generis   est      dolori 

However  the  loss  of  the  human  race          is     for  grief        to 

omnibus ;    et          rogant,    quae    forma        sit    futura 

all;  and    they  ask,  what        form      may  be  about-to-be 

terrse  orbae  mortalibus?  quis       sit    laturus 

to  the  earth      bereft  from  (of)  mortals  ?  who  may  be  about-to-bear 

thura(pZ.)   in        aras?      ne  paret     tradere 

frankincense    unto  the  altars  ?    whether  he  may  prepare  to  deliver       the 

terras  populandas          feris  ?  Rex         Superum 

lands         to-be-ravaged  to  (by)  wild-beasts  ?  The  Kiug  of  the  Gods 

vetat          quaerentes       trepidare    (euim        caetera 

forbids  (them)      inquiring        to  tremble  |  (for        the  rest  to 

fore  curse     sibi) ;      10] 

be-about-to-be  for  a  care  to  himself) ;  [for  that  the  rest  would  be  his  care;] 

que     promittit     subolein  dissimilem         priori  populo 

»nd  he  promises      an  offspring  unlike        to  the  former          people 

mira   origine.     Que  jam     erat   sparsurus 

«nd)  from  (a)  wonderful  origin.          And    now  he  was  about-tu-t-ca'tpr 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  25 

fulmina  in      totas  terras ;  sed     timuit  ne      fort£ 

(Ati)  lightnings    on  the  whole       lands;       but  he  feared      lest  by  chance 

sacer   aether          conciperet       flammas    ab         tot 

the  sacred        sky       might  catch  the  flames          from   so-many 

ignibus,  que      longus  axis         ardesceret.  15]  Remini- 

fires,  and  the  long          axle  might  burn.  He        remein 

ecitur         quoque       esse    in        Fatis,          tempus 

bers        (it)        also          to  be          in     the  Fates,       |  the  time  to 

affore  quo       mare,       quo 

be-about-to-be   [that  the  time  would  come]    in  which  the  sea,         in  which 

tellus,  que      regia     coeli,  correpta,  ardeat; 

the  earth,        and  the  palace  of  henven,    seized  (by  flames),  may  burn  ; 

et        operosa  moles         mundi       laboret. 

and  the  laborious  (laboured)   mass   of  the  world      may  be-in-trouble  (and 

Tela  fabricata         manibus     Cyclopum 

danger  of  perishing).  Darts     wrought     by  the  hands     of  the  Cyclops 

reponuntur.     Diversa  poena     placet :  20] 

are  laid-by.  A  different    punishment  pleases  [is adopted,  namely:] 

perdere      niortale  genus  sub       undis,  et     dimittere 

to  destroy       the  mortal  race     under  the  waves,    and  to  send 

nimbos  ex  omni      coelo.     Protinus     claudit      Aquilo- 

tempests   from    all     the  heaven.    Immediately  he  shuts-up    the      North- 

nem  in  JEoliis  antris,   et  quaecunque  flamina   fugant 

wind      in     jEolian       caves,      and         whatever  blasts    drive-away 

nubes  inductas ;  que     emittit        Notum :  Notus 

clouds    brought-on ;     and  he  sends-forth  the  South-wind  :  the  South-wind 

evolat         madidis    alis,         terribilem  vultum     tectus 

flies-out    with  wet  wings,  (his)      dreadful     countenance     covered 

picea"    caligine.   25]    Barba         gravis       nimbis: 

with  a  pitchy       darkness.         (//i'»)  beard      (tout)   heavy   with  tempests  ; 

unda  fluit  canis    capillis ;     nebulae 

the  wave      (water)     flows     from   (hit)   hoary  locks;  mists 

eedent        fronte ;  que        pennse  que  sinus         rorant. 

sit       (on  his)  forehead;    both  (A i'»)  feathers     and  bosom    drip-with-dew. 

Que   ut      pressit      pendentia   nubila       lata   manu, 

And       as    he  squeezes  the  hanging  clouds    with  broad      hand,     a 

fragor     fit :     hinc    densi    nimbi        funduntur   ab 

»ra*u       is  made :  hence       dense     tempests     are  poured  from    th« 


26  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

jethere.    Iris       30]      nuntia      Junonis,  induta   vario§ 

iky.  Iris  (fAerain6oio)messenger  of  Juno,  clad     in  various 

colores,  concipit  aquas  que  affert  alimenta        nubibus. 

colours,        conceives    waters    and    brings  nourishments  to  the  clouds. 

Segetes  sternuntur,  et       deplorata  vota 

The  standing-crops  are  prostrated,          and  the  bewailed          vows  of  the 

coloni        jacent ;    que       irritus  labor         longi  anni 

husbandman     lie-low;       and    the  useless       labour  of  the  long         yeai 

perit.     Nee  ira       Jovis  contenta       suo     ccelo ; 

perishes.     Nor  (was)  the  wrath  of  Jupiter    content    with  his-own  heaven; 

sed       caeruleus  Frater  juvat    35]     auxiliaribus  undis. 

but   (his)      azure          Brother    assists  (him)  with  helping  waves. 

Hie  convocat       amnes  ;  qui,  postquam       intrave're 

He     calls-together  the  rivers;       which,     after-that    they  entered         the 

tecta     sui  tyranni,     ait,      "Longo  hortamine  non-est 

roofs     of  their      ruler,      he  says,    "  A  long  exhortation  is-not 

nunc  utendum;    effundite  vestras   vires;  Sic 

now          to-be-used ;          pour-out          your          forces  (strength) ;         So 

est   opus :     aperite        domos ;  ac      mole  40] 

it  is     necessary:         open     (your)  houses;     and  the  mass  (barrier)  being 

remota1,  immittite      totas  habenas   vestris  fluminibus." 

removed,     send-on  (grant)  entire       reins      to  your  floods." 

Jusserat :     hi  redeunt,  ac  relaxant      ora 

He  had  ordered :          these      return,      and      unloose     the  mouths  of  the 

fontibus ;  et  volvuntur       defreenato  cursu  in 

fountains;       and  they  are  rolled  with  unbridled          course  into  the 

aequora.     Ipse  percussit      terram       suo  tridente ;  at 

seas.  Himself       struck      the  earth        with  his          trident ;      but 

ilia  tremuit,  que         motu  patefecit       sinus  aquarum. 

it        trembled,     and  by  the  motion  opened-out  (its)  bosoms  of  waters. 

Flumina          expatiata   45]  ruunt    per        apertTa 

The  floods          having  wandered   (spread)     rush     through  the  open 

campos,    que   rapiunt       arbusta.    simul    cum       satis, 

plains,  and     tear-away  the  shrubs,          together    with   the  crops, 

que      pecudes  (pi-),  que      viros,  que      tecta,          que 

and    the  cattle,  and  the  men,       and    the  roofs  (houses),  and 

penetralia   cum   suis   sacris.  Si   qua   domus 

the  shrines  with      their      sacred    (thinya).      If      auy  UCUM 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  27 

mansit,    quo      indejecta     potuit      resistere    tanto 

remained,       and   not-thrown-down  was-able  to  withstand        go-great  ax. 

malo  (dat.) ;    tamen      unda    altior     tegit      culmen 

evil;  however  the  wave     more-lofty  covers  the  top  of 

hujus,    que       pressse    turres    labant    sub  60]  gurgite. 

this,  and     the  squeezed       towers          totter      under    the  whirlpool 

Que  jam     mare  et  tellus     habebant  nullum  discrimen. 

And    now  the  sea       and  earth  did  have  no  distinction. 

Omnia         erant  pontus ;    que  littora   deerant      huic 

All        (thinys)    were          sea;  and      shores  were-wanting  to  this 

ponto.     Hie         occupat  collem ;  alter  sedet 

ecu.  This  (max)      seizes     (gaint)  a  hill ;  another    sits      in  a 

adunca   cymba,    et   ducit         remos   illic,    ubi   nuper 

crooked  boat,         and    leads  (dratet)  oars         there,    where      lately 

551      ararat.      Ille   navigat   supra      segetes,    aut 

he  had  ploughed.         He          sails  above  the  crops,  or    the 

culmina       mersae   villas ;    hie          deprendit     piscem 

tops  of  a  drowned       villa ;        this  (man)        catches        a  fish 

in      summ£   ulmo.          Anchora      figitur   in      viridi 

on  the  highest          elm.          An  anchor  is  fastened    in     a  green 

prato,  (si  fors  tulit) ;  aut     curvae  carinse  terunt 

meadow,  (if  chance  brought)  (directed) ;  or  the  crooked     keels  rub 

vineta  [subjecta].  Et  qua"  modo  graciles  capellae 

the  vineyards  lying-beneath(them).  And  where  lately     slender       she-goats 

carpsere      gramen,  ibi  deformes  phocae  ponunt  nunc 

cropped        the  grass,          there     deformed     sea-calves     placed          now 

Bua  corpora.  60]  Nereides  mirantur  lucos,  que  urbes,  que 

their      bodies.      The  Nereids         admire        groves,    and     cities,       and 

domos  sub  aquS, ;  que  delphines  tenent  sylvas, 

hrases     under    water;       and       dolphins        hold   (possess)  the  woods, 

et  incursant      altis  ramis,  que  pulsant  agitata 

and   gambol-on    the  lofty  branches,    and         beat    (laih)    the  shaken 

robora.         Lupus   nat   inter      oves;      unda        vehit 

oaks.  The  wolf          swims  among  the  sheep  ;  the  wave  carries-away 

fulvos  leones ;       unda     vehit          tigres  •    nee 

the  yellow        lions;        the  wave   carries-nw:iy  the  tigers :         neither  tb« 

vires   fulminis  prosunt  65]  apro,     nee       velocia  crura 

forc«s  of  lightning        profit       to  the  wild-boar,  nor  (hit)  swift  legi 


28  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

cervo(dat.)  ablato.     Que      vaga          volucris, 

Ifrojit)  the  stag  borne-away.     And    the  stray  (wandering)     bird, 

terris         quaesitis  diu,  ubi  detur  sistere, 

lands     being  sought        long,  where  it  may  be  given  (granted)  to  stop, 

decidit  in      mare       lassatis  alis.         Immensa  licentia 

fell  into  the  sea     with  wearied     wings.    The  unbounded    unruliness 

ponti      obruerat      tumulos,  que  novi 

jf  the  deep     had  overwhelmed  the  hillocks  (barriers),  and     new  ( it  range) 

fluctus      pulsabant      montana  cacumina.  70]  Maxima 

waves       did  lash  the  mountain  tops.  The  greatest 

pars      rapitur  und£ :    longa  jejunia         inopi 

part      is  snatched-away   by  the  wave :          long        fastings   with  poor 

victu  domant  illos,     quibus      unda  pepercit.     Phocis, 

food        subdued    those,    to  whom      the  wave         spared.  Phocis, 

ferax  terra,  dum    fuit  terra,  separat      Aonios  ab 

a  fertile      land,      while  it  was       land,      separates  the  Aonian     from  the 

Actaeis  arvis  ;  sed  in  illo  tempore  pars         maris, 

Actaean       lands ;      but    in    that         time      (ft  was)  part  of  the  sea, 

et      latus   campus      subitarum    aquarum.  75]  Arduua 

and  a  broad         plain        of  sudden  waters.  A  lofty 

mons      ibi         duobus  verticibus     nomine  Parnassus, 

mountain  there  with  two  peaks        by  name  Parnassus, 

petit       astra,    que    superat        nubes  cacumine. 

seeks      the  stars,          and      surmounts    the  clouds   by  (it«)  top. 

Ubi  Deucalion  vectus         parva  rate  cum      consorte 

When     Deucalion          borne        in  a  small       bark      with   the  consort 

tori    adhaesit    hie,    (nam      sequor      texerat 

of  (hi»)  bed          cleaved        here,         (for    the  ocean      had  covered      the 

csetera)      adorant80]Corycidas  Nymphas  et      numina 

rest)         they  adore          the  Corycian  Nymphs      and  the  deities 

mentis,  que  fatidicam  Themin  ;  quae  tune   tenebat 

of  the  mountain,    and  fate-declaring    Themis;      |  who     then  did  hold 

oracla  (oracula).  Non-quisquam  vir 

the  oracles  [who  then  gave  oracular  responses].  Not-any-one         man 

fuit  melior         illo,  nee  amantior     aequi,  aut  ulla 

was      better   (than)  he,      nor    more-loving  of  even  (justice),     or        any 

metuentior          Deorum          ilia.       Ut   Jupiter   videt 

»ore-fearing     of  the  Gods  (than)    she.        When     Jupiter  §«ef 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  29 

orbem      stagnare  liquidis    paludibus,    et 

the  globe         t(  overflow     (with  ponds)  in  liquid  lakes,          and 

unum    86]    superesse  de    tot   millibus  modo,  et  videt 

one         (man)  to  remain  of  so-many  thousands    lately,    and      Bees 

unam  superesse  de   tot   millibus  modo ;    ambos 

one    (woman)  to  remain  of  so-many  thousands     lately;  both 

innocuos,    ambos   cultores          Numinis ;      disjecit 

innocent,  both       worshippers  of  the  Deity ;  he  dispersed    the 

nubila ;    que        nimbis          remotis           Aquilone, 

clouds ;  and    the  tempests   being  removed     by  the  North-wind,      he 

ostendit   et       terras     coelo  et       aethera  terris. 

discloses       both  the  lands      to  heaven  and  the  sky  to  the  lands. 

Nec        ira          maris  manet ;  que     Rector        pelagi, 

Neither  the  anger  of  the  sea        remains ;      and  the  Ruler     of  the  sea, 

tricuspide    telo       90]       posito,  mulcet    aquas  ;  que 

the  three-pointed  weapon  (trident)  being  laid-by,    sooths  the  waters;      and 

vocat   coeruleum  Tritona  exstantem  supra   profundum, 

calls   the  azure  Triton       standing-out    above  the  deep, 

atque  tectum  humeros  innato  murice ; 

and          covered  (as  respects)  the  shoulders  with  the  natural          purple 

que      jubet  inspirare          sonaci    conchae ;    que 

and     he  orders  (Aim)    to  breathe-in      to  the  sounding        shell;  and 

jam  signo         dato,     revocure      fluctus  et      flumina. 

now  a  signal  being  given,  to  call-back      the  waves      and  the  rivers. 

Cava  tortilis  buccina     sumitur  95]  illi,  quse  crescit 

The  hollow       spiral       trumpet     is  taken        to  (by)  him,  which  increases 

in  latum  ab        imo  turbine :  Buccina,  quae, 

in     broad  (breadth)  from  the  lowest     twist :        (that)    Trumpet,      which, 

ut  concepit  ae'ra         medio  ponte, 

'  when  it  has  conceived       air     in  the  middle      deep,      [when  it  receives 

replet  voce  littora 

'tie  air  in  the  middle  of  the  sea,]     fills     with  the  voice  (Hound)   the  shores 

jacentia    sub    utroque    Phoebo.  Turn    quoque, 

lying  under          each  Phoebus     (Sun).        Then  also, 

[ut  coritigit          ora  Dei  rorantia  madidfi 

as       it-touched  (the)  mouth    of  (the)  'God     dripping  'wit*  (his)         'wet 

barbS,,    et       inflata       cecinit  100]  jussos     receptus,] 

beard,          and     being-blown       suuii'led     'the)    bidden  retreat. 


80  OVIDH   META.MOKPH. 

audita-est     omnibus      undis         telluris    et 

it  was  heard  by  all  the  waves  of  the  land  and   of  the 

sequoris :    et      quibus   undis         audita-est,     coercuit 

ocean  :  and  by  whatever    waves  it  was  heard,  it  constrained 

omnes.     Jam       mare  habet     littus ;         alveus    capit 

all.  Already  the  sea          has      ashore;    (their)  channel   contain! 

plenos    amnes  ;        flumina   subsidunt ;        colles 

the  full  rivers ;       the  floods  sink :  the  hills       ar« 

videntur     exire.  105]  Humus  surgit;       loca  crescunt, 

seen  to  come-out.  The  ground          rises;       the  places         increase, 

undis  decrescentibus.     Que  post     longam  diem 

the  waves  decreasing.  And     after    a  long  day    ((fme) 

sylvse  ostendunt         nudata  cacumina ;  que  tenent 

the  woods  show        (their)    bared  tops ;  and         retain 

limum  relictum  in      fronde.  Orbis 

the  mud  left         on  the  leaf         (foliage).     The  globe      had  been 

redditus-erat.  Quern  postquam  Deucalion  vidit  inanem 

restored.  When       after-that        Deucalion       saw  (it)     empty 

et       desolatas  terras     agere         alta  silentia  (pi), 

and  the  desolate  lands    to  act   (to  keep)  deep       silence,  he 

affatur  Pyrrham  ita,  lacrymis  110]  obortis  :   "  0  soror, 

addresses      Pyrrha      thus,         tears      having  sprung-forth :  "  0       sister, 

0  conjux,  0  sola  foemina  superstes,  quam     commune 

0        wife,         0   only       woman         survivor,         whom    a  common 

genus,  et     patruelis     origo,  deinde  torus 

(the  tame)  birth,      and  a  cousin-german  origin,        then  the  marriage-bed 

junxit     mihi,  nunc  pericula    ipsa    jungunt ;  nos  duo 

united      to  me,          now          dangers  themselves      unite ;          we       two 

Bumus      turba  terrarum,  quascunque 

•re  the  crowd   (inhabitant!)    of  the  earth,  whatsoever      the 

occasus  et  ortus  vident;    pontusll5]possedit     caetera. 

west          And    east          see ;       the  deep        has  possessed  the  rest. 

Nunc  quoque  adhuc         est  non     fiducia   satis   certa 

Now  also          as-yet  (there)  is       not  a  confidence  sufficiently   sur» 

nostrac  vitse  ;  etiamnum      nubila  terrent      mentem. 

of  our  life ;          even-now    the  clouds        affright   the  mind. 

Quid  animi         foret  nunc     tibi,     miseranda, 

What  (po-non)    of  mind     would  be          now    to  thee,  (0)      to-be-pitied, 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  81 

si  erepta-fuisses         Fatis  sine  me  I 

if    thou  migbteit  have  been  torn-away  by  the  Fates   without    me  ? 

Quo   modo  sola  posses     ferre  timorem  ? 

In  what    manner   (thou)  alone  inightest  be-able    to  bear  fear? 

Quo  consolante  120]  dolores  ?     Namque   [ego] 

What   (person)      consoling        (thy)       griefs?  For  I 

(crede  mihi)     conjux,  si  mod6      pontus  haberet 

(believe      me)      0      wife,       if      only      the  sea      might  (did)  have 

te,  sequerer   te ;      et       pontus          haberet 

thee,       I  should  follow  thee ;       and  the  sea  should  have 

me  quoque.     0  utinam-possem     reparare     popu- 

me          also.  0   that  I  might  be-able  to  renew          the      peo- 

los(pl.)     paternis    artibus,    atque     infundere   animas 

pie  by  paternal  arts,  and     to  infuse  soula 

formatae   terrae !     Nunc      mortale   genus   restat   in 

to  formed  earth  !  Now    the  mortal  race        remains      in 

nobis  duobus  ;  (sic  125]  visum  (est)         Superis)  que 

us  two;          (thus  it  has  seemed-fit        to  the  Gods,  und  we 

manemus    exempla       hominum."  Dixerat,    et 

remain  specimens     of  men."  He  bad  spoken,          and 

flebant.        Placuit  precari  coeleste 

they  did  weep.  It  pleased      (them)    to  pray          (to)  the  heavenly 

numen  ;  et     quaerere  auxilium  per        sacras  sortes. 

deity ;         and  to  seek  aid      through  the  sacred     lots  (oraclet). 

Est  nulla  mora;         adeunt      Cephisidas  undas 

(There)  is          no        delay ;     they  go-to        the  Cephisian  waves 

pariter,    130]     ut   nondum  liquidas,  sic  secantes  vada 

equally  (together),  \  though    not-yet          liquid,          so      cutting    shallows 

jam  nota  Inde,  ubi 

now    known  ("though  turbid  flowed  in  their  wonted  channels].  Thence,  when 

irrorav£re      libatos   liquores  vestibus    et 

they  sprinkled         the  poured          waters       to  (on  their)  garments      and 

capiti,          flectunt  vestigia   ad        delubra 

head,  they  bend  (their)     footsteps       to     the  shrines          of  the 

eanctae  Deae ;         fastigia     quorum  squallebant     turpi 

holy         Goddess;     the  pinnacles  of  which  were-foiA       with  filthy 

musco ;  que      arae      stabant   sine   ignibus.      Ut 

mow;  and  the  altars  did  stand          without        fires.  When   thej 

3 


OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

tetigSre     gradus         templi,  uterque  procumbit  pronus 

touched     the  steps       of  the  temple,          each          lies-down  bent 

135]          humi,    que    pavens    dedit   oscula          gelido 

of  (on)  the  ground,      and    trembling      gave        kisses      to  the  cold 

saxo :  atque  ita,  "  Si     Numina  victa      justis 

rock:          and     (they  said)    thus,    "  If  the  Deities      overcome  by  just 

precibus  remollescunt,  si      ira  Deorum  flectitur, 

prayers  relent,  if  the  anger  of  the  Gods          is  bent, 

die,     Theini,      qufi,   arte        damnum     nostri   generis 

•ay,     0  Themis,    by  what      art      the  loss  of  our  race 

sit  reparabile;  et     mitissima,  fer  opem         mersis 

may  be        reparable ;      and  0  mildest,  bring     help  to  overwhelmed 

rebus."  140]  Dea          mota-est;    que    dedit      sortem  : 

things."        The  Goddess  was  moved ;  and       gave     an  oracle  : 

"  Discedite  templo ;    et   velate          caput ;    que 

"Depart  from  the  temple;         and     cover   (your)      head;          and 

resolvite          cinctas  vestes;    que  jactate      ossa 

unloose         (you/-)    girded      garments;    and         cast       the  bones  of  the 

magnae    parentis    post  tergum."  Diu 

great  parent        behind  (your)     back."  They    'were   long 

obstupuere  ;  que  Pyrrha  prior       rumpit     silentia(pJ.). 

'amazed ;  and    Pyrrha     former  (firtt)  broke  the  silence, 

145]   voce ;  que  recusat  parere   jussis  (dat.) 

with  (her)  voice;       and       refuses     to  obey         the  commands  of  the 

Deae ;    que  rogat       pavido   ore  det  veniam 

Goddess;  and     begs  with  trembling  mouth  (that)  she  may  give       pardon 

sibi :    que      pavet     laedere      maternas  umbras, 

to  herself:  and  she  trembles  to  in  jure       the  maternal  shades,      (her) 

ossibus        jactatis.     Interea         repetunt  sccum 

bones        being  cast  Meantime  they  repeat  with  thetnselvet 

obscura   verba          sortis   datae         csecis   latebris, 

the  obscure          words     of  the  oracle       given    with  dark         labyrinths, 

que  volutant  inter       se.         Inde  Promethides 

and         revolve       (them)    between  themselves.      Then  Promethides 

mulcet  Epimethida       150]        placidis  dictis ; 

(Deucalion)  sooths  Epimethis       (Pyrrha)  with  gentle  wurdi; 

et  ait,  "  Aut     fallax  solertia  est     nob  is,  aut     oracula 

»nd  says,  "  Either  a  deceitful  skilfulness   is    to  us,  or  the  oracle* 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  88 

§unt  pia,  que  suadent  nullum  nefas.         Magna  pavcns 

are      pious,   and    persuade          no         impiety.     The  great  parent 

est      terra :      reor         lapides  in      corpore         terra 

is      the  earth  :        I  imagin*  the  stones         in  the  body         of  the  earth 

dici  ossa;          jubemur    jacere  hos  post     terga." 

to  be  called  bones  ;  we  are  commanded  to  throw   these  behind  (our)  backs." 

Quanquam  Titania       156]     mota-est         augurio 

Although  Titanin  (Pyrrka)  was  moved         by  the  augury      (inter- 

conjugis,  tamen         spes  est  in  dubio  ; 

pretation)    of  (her)  husband,         however  (her)  hope       is      in         doubt; 

adeo  ambo  diffidunt      coelestibus  monitis  (dat.) :    sed 

so-much  both         distrust       the  heavenly        admonitions :  but 

quid         nocebit     tentare  ?        Descendunt,  que  velant 

what  will  it  hurt  to  try  ?  They  come-down,  and        cover 

caput,  que  recingunt         tunicas,  et  mittunt 

(their)  head,         and     ungird  (their)  tunics,         and  send         (fling) 

jussos  lapides  post  sua  vestigia.         Saxa  ccepere 

the  ordered       stones       behind  their     footsteps.      The  stones  began 

ponere  160]  duritiem   que   suum   rigorem ;    (quis 

to  lay-aside  (their)  hardness       and       their        rigidity ;          (who   may 

credat   hoc,    nisi   vetustas       sit      pro      teste  ?)    que 

believe       this,     unless     antiquity  may  be  (it)    for   the  witness  ?)       and 

molliri      mora,    que          mollita      ducere 

to  be  softened  by  delay,         and    being  softened      to  lead       (assume)   a 

formam.     Mox  ubi         creverunt,  que     mitior  natura 

form.  Soon   when  they  increased,         and     a  milder          nature 

contigit     illis,         ut     quaedam  forma   hominis   potest 

happened    to  them,    (so)  that  a  certain  form    of  man  is  able 

videri,    sic  non    manifesta;     sed    uti    de 

to  be  seen,  so     (though)      not          manifest;  but        as    from 

ccepto    marmore,    165]      non     satis      exacta    que 

the  begun  marble,         (a  shape)     not    sufficiently      exact          and 

simillima      rudibus    signis.       Tamen      pars   ex   illis, 

very-like         to  rough  statues.          However  the  part    out-cf  them, 

quse    fuit    humida         aliquo    succo    et    terrena, 

which      was  moist       with  some  juice       and        earthy,        win 

versa-est  in       usurn         corporis :   Quod  est  solidum. 

thinged         into  the  use       of  the  body :  What       if  aolid, 


S4  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

que  nequit         flecti,     mutatur  in  ossa:    quod  modd 

and      is-unablo  to  be  bent,      is  changed       ink    bones:       what        lately 

fiiit     vena   mansit   sub      eodem    nomine.     Que  in 

nr;is     a  vein       remained   under  the  same  name.  And       in    • 

brevi    spatio,     170]       munere         Superorum,      saxa 

short          space     (time),  by  the  gift          of  the  Gods,  the  stone* 

missa  manibus         viri    trax^re  virilem 

gent   (flvng)  by  the  hands          of  the  man         drew  (nnnumed)  a  manly 

faciem;     et    foemina        reparata-est    de         foemineo 

I'.-ice;  #nd       woman      was  renewed  from    the  female 

jactu.      Inde      sumus     durum    genus   que   experiens 

cast  Thence  we  are  a  hardy  race      |  and     experiencing 

laborum;  et       damus    docu- 

of  labours  j  [and capable  of  enduring  fatigue;]    and  we  give  proofs, 

menta,       qua  origine  nati-simus  (perf.  gub. ). 

from  what     origin     we  may  have  been  born  (tee  nave  been  bom). 


FAB.  VIII.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  416—567.) 

6ERPENS    PYTHON. 
THE  SERPENT     PYTHON. 

Tellus  peperit      csetera         animalia  su& 

The  earth        produced  the  rest       (othert)     animals  from  (of)  its-own 

sponte       diversis   formis ;    postquam       vetus   humor 

accord     with  different          forms;          after-that      the  old  moisture 

percaluit  ab      igne  solis :  que      cosnum 

warmed-thoroughly  from  the  fire  (heat)   of  the  sun  :        and  the  mud 

que  udse  paludes  intumu£re  aestu :  que     foecunda 

and    moist    marshes        swelled       from  the  heat :        and  the  fruitful 

semina     rerum   nutrita         vivaci         solo,   ceu  in 

seeds         of  thing          nourished    in  a  lively  (vital)     soil,         as       in  tb« 

alvo  5]   matris,  creverunt,  que  cepelre  aliquam 

womb   of  a  mother,          increased,        and        took    (assumed)  some 

faciem     morando.  Sic    ubi      septemfluus   Nilus 

phape      by  delaying    (in  time).      So     when  the  seven-channelled      Nil* 

deseruit      madidos  agros.  et  reddidit  sua  flumina 

abandoned  the  wet  lands,     and     restored       its         flood*      to  tk« 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  86 

antique  alveo,  que      recens  limus  exarsit        sethereo 

ancient      channel,   and  the  fresh          mad        glowed  by  the  ethereal 

sidere :  cultores,        glebis  10]  versis,  inveniunt 

star    (the  tun) :  the  husbandmen,  the  clods     being  turned,  find 

plurima   animalia ;    et   vident   in  his    qusedam 

very-many       animals;         and        see          in  (among)    these  lome 

mod6  coepta  sub  spatium     ipsum        nascendi ; 

lately       begun  under  (near)  the  space    (time)     itself  of  being-produced ; 

quaedam  imperfecta  que  trunca  suis  numeris  ; 

some  imperfect        and    maimed  (imperfect)  \  in  their       nunberi; 

et   in      eodem   corpore   saepe1 

[in  the  number  of  their  limbs;]    and    in  the  same  body  often 

altera         pars  vivit,      altera  pars  est    rudis    tellus. 

another  (one)    part      lives,    the  other          part      is   mis-shapen       earth. 

Quippe  ubi  que      humor  que  calor  sumpsere     tempe- 

Because     when  both  the  moisture    and      heat          took  a  tempe- 

riem  15]  concipiunt ;    et  cuncta          oriuntur  ab   his 

rature    they  conceive ;  and       all      (things)       arise        from  these 

duobus.      Que   cum  ignis        sit       pugnax 

two.  And      when    (since)       fire     may  be  (it)    inimical  of  (to) 

aquae,     humidus  vapor  creat  omnes    res,    et      discors 

water,      a  moist  vapour    creates       all        things,  and  a  discordant 

concordia    est    apta      foetibus.       Ergo    ubi       tellua 

concord  is          fit      for  productions.     Therefore  when  the  earth 

lutulenta          recenti  diluvio     recanduit          aethereis 

muddy       from  the  fresh  deluge    grew-warm-again     by  the  ethereal 

Bolibus,      que  alto  aestu,20] edidit     innumeras  species; 

luns     (rays),   and    deep    heat,  it  brought-forth  innumerable          specie* 

que  partim  redidit  antiquas  figuras,  partim 

(of  thinys) ;    and      partly        restored       ancient          shapes,  partly 

creavit  nova  monstra.     Ilia  quidem          nollet, 

created       new       monsters.  It  (the  earth)     indeed      mig'at  Dot-will, 

Bed      genuit   te   quoque   turn,    maxime   Python,    que 

but      it  begot       thee        also          then,       greatest          Python,         and 

incognita  serpens         eras     terror          novis 

an  unknown        (unusual)     serpent      thuu  wast     a  terror      to  the  new 

populis  (pi.).        25]      Tenebas    tantum       spatii,    de 

people.  Thou  did.t  hold  so-much     r.f  space,  (at)  of 


86  OVIDU    METAMORPH. 

monte.         Arcitenens  deus,  et  nun  qua  ra  antfc 

a  mountain.  The  bow-holding        god,     and        never          before  having 

usus   talibus   armis,    nisi   in       damis.    que   fugacious 

used          such          arms,       unless    in  (on)    deer,         and  fleet 

capreis,  perdidit  hunc  graven  mille    telis, 

roebucks,      destroyed      him       heavy  (oppretied)  with  a  thousand  darts, 

pharetra"  pen£   exhausta1,    veneno  effuso 

(Kit)      quiver      (being)  almost      exhausted,        poison  being  poured-out 

per          nigra  vulnera.     Neve         vetustas  30]  posset 

through  the  black         wounds.         Neither  (left)  antiquity    might  be-able 

delere      famam          operis,      instituit   sacros   ludos 

to  blot-out  the  fame         of  the  work,         he  instituted       sacred       gamea 

celebri    certamine,    dictos   Pythia  de 

with  an  illustrious        contest,  called       Pythian    (garnet)   from  the 

nomine         domitae  serpentis.     Quicunque       juvenum 

name        of  the  conquered      serpent  Whosoever   of  the  young-men 

vicerat       his      manu,  ve      pedibus,  ve 

had  conquered  in  these  by  hand  (ttrength),    or  by  feet,  or  by  the 

rota",  capiebat        honorem          esculese 

wheel  (chariot-racing),    did  take  the  honour  of  the  beech 

frondis.  36]  Laurus   erat   nondum;    que   Phoebus 

leaf.  The  laurel  was          not-yet;          and       Phoebus      did 

cingebat          tempora    decentia          longo    crine,    de 

bind  ('"'*)      temples  graceful      with  long  hair,      from 

qualibet   arbore. 

any  tree. 

Primus  amor     Phoebi         Peneia  Daphne,  quern 

The  first  love     of  Phoebus  (tout)  Peneian      Daphne,         which 

ignara  fors   dedit   non,    sed      saeva   ira 

(love)  ignorant  (blind)  chance    gave       not,        but  the  cruel     wrath    i°f 

Cupidinis.      Delius  superbus         serpente  nuper 

Cupid.  Delian  (Apollo)       proud       in  the  serpent  lately 

vict&  viderat  hunc  flectentem         cornua      nervo 

conquered  had  seen  him          bending       (hit)      bowg      the  string 

adducto;  40]  dixerat,    que    quid  tibi, 

being  drawn-to;         had  said,  and       what    (businets)     for  thee, 

lascive    puer,    cum    fortibus   armis  ?     ista   gestamina 

wanton  boy,         with         brave  arms?         those  badge* 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  37 

decent  nostros  bumeros ;    qui  possumus     dare   certa 

become          our  shoulders;        who       are-able       to  give  sure 

vulnera        ferae,  dare  hosti.       Qui 

wounds       to  a  wild-beast,  (and)  to  give      (tfitm)     to  an  enemy.         Who 

modo         stravimuB  45]  innumeris   sagittis      tumidum 

lately    have  prostrated        with  numberless        arrows       the  swollen 

Pythona  prementem   tot  jugera         pestifero  ventre. 

Python  pressing       so-aiany    acres     with  poisonous  belly. 

Esto-tu  contentus     irritare         tua"  face,     nescio  quos 

Be-thou          content       to  provoke       with  thy     torch,    I  know-not  whnt 

amores  ;  nee  assere  nostras  laudes.         Filius  Veneris 

loves ;  nor   arrogate        our         praises.       The  son       of  Venus 

ait      huic :    tuus    arcus      figat   omnia  Phoebe ; 

says  to  him  :          thy          bow  may  pierce         all     (tkingi)  0  Phoebus ; 

meus  arcus  te ;   que     quanto  cuncta  animalia 

my  bow    (can  pierce)  thee;    and  by  how-much      all  animals 

cedunt     tibi,     tanto  tua  gloria  est  minor  50]  nostra. 

yield         to  thee,  by  so-much  thy      glory        is         less     (than)  ours. 

Dixit,         et     acre         eliso  pennis  percussis, 

Ho  said     (fA««),  and  the  air   being  cleaved  by  (hit)  wings  struck 

impiger     constitit         umbrosS,  arce  Par- 

(clapped),     active     he  stood          in  the  shady          citadel  (top)    of  Par- 

nassi;    que    prompsit    duo    tela     e  sagittifera 

nassus ;       and         drew-out          two       darts   from    (hit)     arrow-bearing 

pharetra".     Hoc  fugat,    illud   facit   amorem. 

quiver.  This    (the  latter)    banishes,     that       causes  love. 

Quod   facit       est    auratum.    et   fulget  55]  acutS 

(  That)  which      causes  (it)    is  gilded,         and    glitters     with  sharp 

cuspide:      quod  fugat     est  obtusum  et  habct  plumbum 

point:      (that)  which  banishes  (it)  is         blunt       and   has  lend 

sub         arundine.          Deus    fixit    hoc  in 

under    the  shaft.  The  God      fastened     this    (the  In(ter)     in    the 

nympha1  Peneide  :    at      laesit  Apollineas  medullas 

nymph  Peneis :         but  he  wounded    Apolliuenn        marrows     with 

illo    per  trajecta   ossa.        Protinus        alter 

that  through      the  pierced          bones.          Immediately  the  other      (one) 

amat :        altera  fugit      nomen  amantis,  gaudens 

love*  •        the  other      avoids  the  name      of  (one)  loving,  rejoicing 


88  OVIDH   METAMORPII. 

10]   latebris         silvarum    que       exuviis     captivanm 

m  the  dens          of  the  wood  and    the  spoils         of  captive 

ferarum,  que  aemula         innuptae  Phoebes.       Vitta 

wild-beasts,    and    emulous  of  the  unmarried         Diana.          A  fillet    did 

coercebat         capillos,  positos  sine  lege.  Multi 

bind  (her)       locks,  placed   without    law  (care).          Many 

peti£re  illam ;  ilia          aversata          petentes         que 

sought  her;        she  having  hated          (those}     seeking      (her)    and 

expers  viri,  lustrat     avia  nemorum, 

unacquainted  of  (with)  man,    surveys  the  pathless  (placet)  of  the  woods, 

nec  curat   quid  Hymen,   quid   amor,    quid    connubia 

nor        eares       what      Marriage,      what        love,         what  wedlocks 

sint.       Pater  saep£  dixit,    filia,  65]  debes   generum 

maybe.     (Her)  father    often       said,  daughter,  thou  owest     a   son-in-law 

mini :         pater  saep£  dixit,  nata,         debes     nepotes 

tome:        (her)  father    often      said,  daughter,  thou  owest  grand-children 

mihi.     Ilia   exosa      jugales   taedas,    velut     crimen, 

to  me.  She       hating  the  marriage      torches,        ae-if     a  crime, 

suffunditur       verecundo  rubore  pulchra     ora, 

is  suffused  with  bashful  redness  (as-to)  the  beautiful  features, 

que   haerens  cervice    70]    patris   in         blandis 

and       clinging    from  the  neck          of  (her)  father        in  (hit)  kind 

lacertis,    dixit,    Carissime    genitor,    da      mihi      frui 

arms,  said,  Dearest  father,         give   to  me       to  enjoy 

perpetuS,  virginitate :         pater   dedit  hoc  ant& 

perpetual  virginity:         (Aer)  father       gave  (granted)  this     licfore 

Dianae.      Ille   quidem    obsequitur :    sed   iste   decor 

to  Diana.  He        indeed  complies :  bat      that  elegance 

vetat    te       esse    quod  optas ;     que    tua    forma 

forbids   thee    to  be  what       thou  wishest;        and       thy        beauty 

repugnat      tuo   voto.       Phoebus    amat   que   cupit 

oppose  to  thy      wish.  Phoebus        loves       and     desires   the 

connubia     Daphnes  visas:    76]     que     sperat,   quae 

wedlocks       of  Daphne  seen  (by  him) :   and  he  hopes,         what   he 

cupit ;  que   sua   oracula  fallunt  ilium.     Que  ut  leves 

desires;      and  his-own    oracles         deceive       him.  An>l     ns       lieht 

stipulae      adolentur,      aristis          demptis ;    nt    sepes 

•tabbies     are  consumed,       the  stalks       being  taken-away  ;    .1, 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  89 

wdent     facibus,    quas     viator   vel      forte*       admovit 

burn       by  torches,         which  a  traveller  either  by  chance  has  applied 

nimis.  vel      reliquit  jam  sub      luce ; 

too-much  (too  near),   or    has  left  now  under  the  light  (at  daybreak)^ 

sic      Dcus      abiit  in  flammas,  sic  uritur       80] 

so     the  God      has  gone   into      flames,          so      he  is  consumed     in  the 

toto  pectore,  et  nutrit        sterilem  amorem     sperando. 

whole    breast,      and  nourishes  (hit)   barren  love      by  hoping. 

Spectat         inornatos  capillos     pendere  collo : 

He  beholds      (thy)    unadorned          locks      to  hang          on  (thy)  neck : 

et   ait,    quid,    si  comantur?       Videt         oculos 

and  says,     what,       if    they  are  combed  ?  He  sees         (thy)         eyes 

micantes       igne,  similes     sideribus.       Videt     oscula, 

sparkling     with  fire,  like        to  stars.  He  sees     (thy)    kisses, 

quae     est  non   satis  vidisse.       Laudat  que 

(lipt),  which  'it  is       not    enough  to  have  seen.  He  praises         both 

85]   digitos,   que   manus,   que   brachia,    et   lacertos* 

(thy)      fingers,       and       hands,        and          arms,         and     shoulders 

nudos   plus  medi£   parte.  Si   qua 

naked        more    (than)  the  middle        part   (half).         If      any     (thingt) 

latent,     putat  meliora.     Ilia   fugit   ocior 

lie-bid,     he  thinks   (them)     better.  She       flees       swifter  (than)  the 

levi  aura"  ;  neque  resistit  ad  haec  verba         revocantis  : 

light  breezes;       nor         stops        at   these    words  (of  him)        recalling. 

Peneia  Nympha,  mane,     precor;     insequor  non 

Peneian         Nymph,          stay,       I  pray;          I  pursue  not  (at)  an 

hostis :    Nympha,    mane.      Sic      agna     90]    lupum ; 

enemy  :  Nymph,  Thus  the  lamb  (fl-tet)  the  wolf; 

sic      cerva      leonem ;  sic  columbse  fugiunt      aquilam 

BO     the  bind      the  lion ;  thus       doves  fly         the  eagle 

trepidante    pennS,;  quaeque     suos     hostes. 

with   trembling  fe;itlier     (wing) ;       every-one    their-own     enemies. 

Amor   est     mihi      causa     sequendi.      Miserum   me ! 

Love  is    tome       the  cai  .       of  following.  Wretched        me! 

ne  cadas  prona,  ve      sentes       secent     crura 

lest  thou  mayest  fall       headlong,   or  the  thorns     may  cut         (thy)     legi 

*  Lacertus,  properly,  is  that  part  reaching  from  the  elbow  to 
the  neck. 


40  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

indigna  laedi,    et          sim      causa     doloris     tibi 

undeserving   to  be  hurt,      and  I  may  be      the  cause     of  pain          to  thee, 

Loca,  qua         properas,  sunt  aspera.95]  Oro,  curre 

The  places,    where  thou  hastenest,        are        rough.         I  pray,         run 

moderatius,   que  inhibe         fugam :  ipse         insequar 

more-moderately,  and      check     (thy)     flight:       myself    will  pursue 

moderatius.      Tamen   inquire,     cui  placeaa 

more-moderately.      However      inquire,     to  whom   thou  mayest  please 

(pres.  sub.}.     Ego  sum  non     incola          mentis,    non 

(thou  pleasest).  I         am        not  an  inhabitant  of  a  mountain,        not 

pastor :         horridus  observo  non  armenta  ve  greges 

a  shepherd :     (/)      rough  watch         not          herds        or        flocks 

hie.     Temeraria  nescis,      quern  fugias 

here.  Rash         (girl)  thou  knowest-not,  whom  thou  mayest  flee 

(pres.  sub.) ;    que    ideo  100]  fugis.        Delphica   tellus, 

(tho ufleest);  and  therefore  thou  fleest.      The  Delphic  land, 

et  Claros,  et  Tenedos,  que  regia  Pataraea  servit    mihi. 

and  Claros,     and     Tenedos,     and     royal        Patarea      obeys    to  me. 

Jupiter  est        genitor.      Per   me  que  quod         erit, 

Jupiter          is    (my)     father.        Through  me      both      what      wiH  be, 

que         fuit,    que    est,    patet:        per     me    carmina 

and      has  been,        and        is,      lies-open:      through      me  poems 

concordant         nervis.     Quidem  nostra          est  certa ; 

agree  to  the  strings.  Indeed         our    (arrow)     is          sure  ; 

tamen  una  eagitta       certior,  quae  105]  fecit  vulnera  in 

however    one       arrow      (i«)     surer,       which     has  made      wounds      in 

vacuo  pectore.     Medicina  est  meum  inven- 

an  empty  (ditengaged)     breast.  Medicine        is         my  inven- 

tum,  que        dicor  opifer   per        orbem,  et      potentia 

tion,       and  I  am  called      helper  through  the  globe,       and  the  power 

herbarum       subjecta      nobis.      Hei      mihi,     qtiod 

of  herbs  (it)    subjected      to  us.  Woe     to  me,          because 

amor  est  medicabilis         nullis  herbis  ;    nee 

love          is  curable        to  (by)  no  herb;  nor    (do)    (thute) 

artes,  quse  prosunt     omnibus,  prosunt  domino! 

arts,        which      profit       to  all,  profit          to  (their)  lord! 

Peneia  fugit  110]  locuturum  plura.      timidc 

The  Peneian  (nymph)  fled-'Tom  (Aim)  about-to-speak   more,  with  fenrfuJ 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  41 

eursu ;    que   reliquit      verba    imperfecta    cum    ipso. 

course ;          and          left        the  words          unfinished  with    himself. 

Turn  quoque      visa   decens.        Venti      nudabant 

Then          also      she  seemed  elegant.     Tie  winds     did  expose  (her) 

corpora,         que  obvia  flamina      vibrabant      adversaa 

bodies       (limbi),  and  opposite  breezes     did  agitate  the  front 

vestes  ;  et       levis  aura  dabat-retro     impexos  capillos ; 

garments;  and  the  light    breeze     threw-back  (her) uncombed  locks; 

que       forma      aucta-est     fuga.     Sed-enim       juvenis 

and  (her)  beauty  was  increased     by  flight.        But-however  the  youthful 

Deus  sustinet  non  ultra    115]    perdere       blanditias ; 

God          |  bears         not     beyond  (more)  to  lose  ('«'*)  flatteries; 

que   ut   amor   ipse 

[can  bear  no  longer  to  lose  his  blandishments  ;J  and       as       love       itself 

movebat,      sequitur         vestigia         admisso  passu. 

did  more,  he  follorrs         (her)   footsteps  |  with  loosed  pace 

Ut  cum     Gallicus  canis 

[with  hastened  pace].     An     when    a  Gallic  dog  (a  greyhound)  has 

vidit     leporem  in      vacuo          arvo;  et  hie 

seen       a  hare  in    an  empty  (open)     land;      and  this  (the  former) 

petit  praedara         pedibus,  ille  salutem :      alter 

geeks          prey      by  the  feet,  that  (the  latter)     safety:        the  other 

similis  inhaesuro,      120]     que  jamjam 

(one)  (is)      like    (as  if  just)  about-to-fasten-on  (the  hare),  and     just-now 

sperat      tenere,    et    stringit       vestigia        extento 

he  hopes         to  catch,          and         plies        the  footsteps     with  extended 

rostro :       alter  est  in-ambiguo    an         sit  deprensus, 

snout :         the  other       is  in-duubt       whether   he  be  seized, 

et      eripitur  morsibus   ipsis,    que   relinquit 

and  is  snatched     from  the  snaps          themselves,  and          leaves        the 

ora  tangentia:  sic       est  Deus  et 

mouths  (jaic»)     touching      (Aim):     so   (it)    is  (with)  the  God      and  the 

rirgo ;  hie         celer         spe,     ilia        timore.     Tamen 

virgin ;      this  (one)     swift    with  hope,      that  with  fear.  Howevei 

qui   insequitur,    adjutus  pennis  125]    amoris 

(ke)    who  pursues,  aided       by  the  feathers  (tiring*)  of  lore 

flpt  ocior,  que  negat         requiem,  que  imminet     fugaci 

U       swifter,    and     denies  (her)        rest,  and    bangs-over  the  flueiug 


42  OVIDH  METAMORPH. 

tergo(da£.),  et     afflat          crimen  sparsum          cerri 

back,  and  breathes-on    the  hair  scattered  (on)  the  necks 

cibus.  Viribus   absumptis,   ilia   expalluit   qu« 

(thoulderg).      (Her)     forces  being-spent,       she        grew-pale        an£ 

victa  labore          citse  fugae,  spectans      Peneidas 

overcome  by  the  labour     of  the  speedy  flight,    looking-on  the  Peneian 

undas,  inquit,  pater,  fer  opem,  sil30]fiumina  habetia 

waves,          says,        father,    bring     help,       if  (ye)     rivers  have 

Numen :      aut,     tellus,  hisce,  vel  perde  istam  figuram, 

Divine-power:    or,     0   earth,     open-out,    or   destroy      that  shape, 

qua  placui   nimium,     mutando,         quae   facit 

by  which  I  have  pleased      too-much,  by  changing     (that),  which    causes 

ut  laedar.         Prece    vix  finita,     gravis 

that    I  may  be  injured.      The  prayer    scarcely  being  ended,     a  heavy 

torpor   occupat         artus :       mollia   praecordia       cin- 

numbness      seized     (her)     limbs :     the  soft  bosoms  are  be- 

guntur       tenui  libro :       crines  crescunt  in  frondem, 

girt          with  thin        bark :      the  hairs  grow        into  leaf 

135]  brachia  in  ramos :       pes  modd  tarn  velox 

(foliage),      the  arms  into    boughs:     the  foot     lately        so         swift 

haeret     pigris         radicibus:  cacumen   obit 

clings     in  slow  (tough)         roots  :          a  (leafy)  top  comes-over  (her) 

ora :  nitor  unus         remanet   in   ilia.     Phoebus 

features:  (her)  elegar  •  •>•  •  ••;«  (alone)    remains        in       her.  Phoebus 

amat   bane  quuv.u ;    que         dextra1  posita     in 

loves         this  also;  and    (his)     right     (hand)  being-placed  on 

stipite,     sentit         pectus     trepidare  adhuc  sub 

the  trunk,       hi  feels       (her)     breast     to  tremble  yet       under  the 

novo    cortice.       Que    140]    complexus        ramos,    ut 

new  bark.  And       having  embraced  the  boughs,         ai 

membra,     suis  lacertis,     dat  oscula         ligno :  tamen 

limbs,  in  his          arms,       he  gives    kisses   to  the  wood :       however 

lignum   refugit   oscula.         Cui       deus   dixit,    [at] 

the  wood        recoils-from     kisses.         To  which  the  god        said,         but 

quoniam        potes  non    esse  mea  conjux,  certe 

since  thou  canst      not  to  be         niy        wife,      certainly  thou  shall 

eris  mea  arbor :       Laure,       coma  te  semper, 

b«        my         tree:         0  Laurel,     (»>y)  hair   (shall  have)  thee       always 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  48 

citliarae  te,  nostrae  pharetrae         habebunt  te. 

harps         (shall  have)  thee,     our  quivers         shall  have  thee. 

Tu  aderis      Latiis  ducibus,  cum      Iseta   vox  145] 

Thou  shalt  he-present  to  Latin       generals,      when  the  joyful    voice  shall 

canet     triumphum,    et       l<mga?    pompae         visent 

ting        a  triumph,  and  thel.>ng        procession?  shall  visit        the 

capitolia.  Eadem         stabis     fidissima    custos 

Capitols.  (Th on)  the  same  shn It  stand      a  most-faithful  guardian 

ante       fores      Augustis  postibus,  que  tuebere 

before  the  doors      in  Augustan         gate-posts,      and    th>u  shalt  protect 

quercum         mediara.     Que  ut  meurn  juvenile  caput 

the  oak  (placed)   middle.          And    as       my         youthful         head 

est  intonsis  capillis,  tu  quoque  gere  semper  per- 
is with  unshorn  locks,  thou  also  bear  nlways  pur- 
pet  UOS  honores  frondis.  Paeaii  fmierat.  150] 

pctual  hnii'iurs    of  leaf         (foliage).      Apollo     ha'l  finished.         The 

Laurea  aimuit  ramis  modo  factis ;  que  visa-est 

laurel  nodded    with  the  boughs     lately        made ;       and       was-seec 

agitusse       cacumen,  ut     caput 

to  hav«  shaken       (\t»)        top,  as   a  head. 


FAB.  IX.     (Metftm  Lib.  I.  568—667.) 


IO  IN          VACOAM. 

10  (CHANGKD)   7.V/O  A  COW. 

Est     nemus     ^Ernoniso,  quod     praerupta  sylva 

There  is        a  grove       «.f  /ilinonia,          which    a  rugged  wood 

claudit   undique :         vocant       Tempe ;     per   quae 

-     oii-cvery-sidf :  tl.cy  call  it)     Tempe;     through  which  the 

PenenR    eftusus    ab       irao  Pindo   volvitur 

t  (t)i'  bottom  of)  Pindus  is  rolled 

spumosis   undis,    que     conducit     nubila   agitantia 

with  foamy  waves,       and     brings-together     mists  shaking 

tenues    fumos  pravi    dejcctu,    que      impluit 

thin  smokes    from  the  heavy  tall,          and     it  raina-on      the 


44  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

summas  sylvas      6]     aspergine,    et   fatigat   plus 

highest          wocds      with  the  spray,  and       tires          more  [than) 

vicina  sonitu.       Haec  domus, 

the  neighbouring  (placet)  with  the  sound.  This   (t»)   the  house, 

hse       sedes  ;  haec  sunt      penetralia         magni  amnis : 

these  the  seats ;        these     are     the  recesses          of  the  great  river: 

residens   in   hoc   antro   facto   de   cautibus,          dabat 

dwelling        in      this      cavern      made      of          rocks,       he  did  give 

jura         undis,    que         nymphis    colentibus      undas. 

laws   to  the  waves,        and  to  the  nymphs  inhabiting    the  waves. 

Popularia  flumina  primum  conveniunt  illuc,10]nescia 

The  native  rivers  firstly  assemble       thither,  not-knowing 

gratentur,    ne  consolentur 

(whether)  they  may  congratulate,  whether  they  may  comfort  (ikeir) 

(parentem).       Populifer   Spercheos,    et        irrequietus 

parent.  Popular-bearing     Spercheos,       and  the  troubled 

Enipeus,  que  senex  Apidanus,  que  lenis  Amphrysos, 

Enipeus,          and       aged         Apidanus,         and    gentle          Amphrysos, 

et  ^Bas.     Que   mox        alii  amnes,  qui  deducunt     in 

and   -33as.         And  presently  the  other  rivers,     which        lead          unto 

mare,  15]  undas   fessas       erroribus,    qua   impetus 

the  sea,        (their)    waves         tired     with  wanderings,     where  force 

tulit  illos.     Inachus  unus  abest,  que  recon- 

has  borne    them.         Inachus        one  (alone)  is  absent,      and  re- 

ditus  imo   antro      auget        aquas     fletibus,  que 

tired      in  the  lowest  cavern     he  increases  the  waters  by  weepings,       and 

miserrimus     luget        natam  16,  ut  amissam.       Nescit 

most- wretched  be  bewails  (hit)  daughter  lo,    as        lost.        He  knows-not 

ne  fruatur  vita",  an       sit  apud  manes. 

whether  she  may  enjoy          life,      or  may  be    among    ghosts  (the  dead). 

Sed     putat  esse  nusquam,    quam     invenit   non 

But    he  thinks     (her)  to  be          no-where,          whom  he  finds  not 

usquam ;  atque  veretur  pejora     20]     animo.     Jupiter 

any-where;       and         dreads         worse    (things)  in  mind.  Jupiter 

viderat  16  redeuntem    a          patrio  flumine :  et 

had  seen  lo         retiming      from  (her)  paternal       rivei  ,       and  had 

dixerat,  0  virgo  digna    Jove,    que   iactura         nescio 

said,  0    virgin  wortby-ol"  Jupiter,     and  about-to-mako  I  lu>ow-n-»i 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  46 

quem  beatum       tuo  toro,  pete      umbras 

whom    (t-mt  one)       happy    with  thy      bed,     seek    the  shades      of  th» 

altoruin  nemorum  (et  monstraverat     umbras 

lofty  groves         (and  he  had  pointed-out  the  shades      ot  th« 

pemorum)  dum     calet,  et      sol  est  altissimus       medio 

|roves)  while  it  is-warm,  and  the  sun     is        highest     in  the  middle 

orbe.25]Quod   si         times   sola     intrare      latebras 

globe.  But       if    thou  fearest    alone  to  enter        the  dens  .  ( 

ferarum,  tuta         deo  praeside,  subibis     secreta 

wild-beasts,    safe  with  a  god    conductor,  thou  shalt  enter       the  secret 

nemorum :   nee  deo  de  plebe, 

(rectitei)  of  the  groves:  neither  (with)  a  god     of  the  common-sort, 

sed  qui   teneo      coelestia   sceptra  magn& 

but   (with  me)  who       hold     the  heavenly         sceptres      in  (my)  great 

manu,  sed  qui  mitto      vaga       fulmina.    Fuge  ne  me 

hand,        but     who     send     the  wandering  lightnings.         Flee    not    me 

(enim  fugiebat).     Jam    35]    reliquerat      pascua 

(for        she  did  flee).  Already  she  had  left  the  pastures 

Lernae,    que       Lyrcaea   arva   consita        arboribus : 

of  Lerna,  and    the  Lyreasau        lands       planted     with  trees : 

cum        deus,    caligine           inducta,    occuluit        latas 

when     the  god,          darkness     being  bronght-on,    concealed     the  wide 

terras,   que   tenuit  fugam,  que  rapuit 

lands,          and         held     (retrained  her)     flight,        and   seized  (forced) 

pudorem.      Interea  Juno    despexit   in        medios 

(her)      modesty.  Meantime      Juno     looked-down  into   the  middle 

agros,    et  mirata  volucres   nebulas        30] 

lands,       and   having  wondered  (at)  the  fleet  mists          to  have 

fecisse      faciem         noctis  sub     nitido  die,           sensit 

made       the  appearance  of  night     under  a  bright      day,     she  perceived 

Ulas   non      esse  fluminis,    nee         remitti 

them       not      to  be       of  the  river,  nor   to  be  sent  from  th« 

humenti    tellure.       Atque         circumspicit    ubi    suua 

moist  earth.  And         she  looks-about  where        her 

conjux      sit,  ut        quae  n6sset      furta 

spouse     may  be,     as  (one)    who     might  have  known     the  thefts  (amour*) 

mariti  toties  deprensi.     Quem  postquam      repperit 

»f  a  husband  so-often     detected.  Whom      after- that    she  found 


46  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

non     coelo,  40]  ait,    Aut  ego      fallor  aut  ego     laedor. 

not    in  heaven,    she  says,  Either       I    am  deceived  or       I     am  injured. 

Que  delapsa      ab       summo   sethere,        constitit 

And     having  glided-down  from  the  highest  sky,        she  stood 

in      terris,    que    jussit         nebulas     recedere 

on  the  lands,         and  commands   the  mists          to  retire.  He  'n&d 

Praesenserat  adventum  conjugis,    que 

previously-perceived     the  coming  of  (hit)  spouse,  and    bad 

mutaverat      vultus      Inachidos       in      nitentem 

changed  the  looks        of  Inachis         (7o)   into    a  shining         (sleek) 

juvencam.        Bos  quoque     est  formosa.     Saturnia 

heifer.  (As)  a  cow        nl?o      she  is       beautiful.         Saturnia  (Juno) 

quanquain  invita,  probat      speciem        45]         vaccae : 

although          unwilling,  approves  the  appearance  (beauty)  of  the  cow: 

necnon        quaerit    et    cujus,    et    unde,    ve  quo 

also  she  inquires     both     whose,      and    whence,      or     from  what 

arm.  sit,    quasi   nescia  veri.     Jupiter 

herd  may  be,         as-if    unknowing    of  the  truth.  Jupiter 

mentitur         genitam   e         terra",  ut       auetor 

feigns  (her)     begotten  from  the  earth,     that  the  author  (owner)  may 

desinat         inquiri.     Saturnia   petit   hanc         munus. 

cease          to  be  inquired-for.     Saturnia        asks        her    (an)  a  present. 

Quid          faciat  1  5O]  Crudele  addicere  suos  amores : 

What  may  he  do?  (It  is)  cruel  to-give-up      his  |  loves: 

suspectum  non     dare.  Est  pudor, 

[beloved :]  a  suspected         (thing)     not     to  give    (her).  It  it  shame, 

qui  suadeat    illinc ;      amor    dissuadet  hinc. 

which    may  persuade       thence;  love          dissuades       (Aim)   hence. 

Pudor  victus-esset     amore :  sed  si     vacca, 

Shame   might  have  been  overcome          by  love :  but     if    a  cow, 

leve  munus  negaretur  sociae   que 

a  light  (trifling)     present      might  be  denied  to  the  partner    both 

generis   que  tori,  poterat 

of    (hit)    birth  and     of  (hit)  bed,      she  was  able  (she  might) 

non     videri     vacca.         Pellice         donata,   55]    diva 

not     to  eeem        a  cow.  The  mistress  being  presented,      the  goddess 

non  exuit  omnem  [metum]  protinus,  que      timuit 

'did    not     'put-off        all  fear          immediately,    and  she  feared 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  4 

Jovem,    et    fuit     anxia  furti,    donee        tradidit 

Jupiter,        and     was  apprehensive  of  a  theft,  until      she  delivered 

Argo  Aristoridae  servandam.     Argus      habebat 

(her)  to  Argus        Aristorides        to-be-kept.  Argus     did  hare 

caput    cinctum  centum    luminibus.          Inde 

(hit}     head          encircled     with  a  hundred  lights     (eye*).        Then 

bina      capiebant  quietem     suis  vicibus ;         caetera 

two      did  take  rest      in  their      turns;         the  rest          di.l 

servabant  atque     manebant  in  statione.  60]  Quocunque 

watch  and   did  remain  on      guard.  In  whatever 

modo  constiterat,          spectabat  ad  16 :  quamvis 

manner     he  had  stood,  he  did  look  to     lo :        although 

aversus,  habebat   16   ante         oculos.  Sinit 

turned-away,  he  did  have  lo     before  (his)       eyes.          He  permits 

pasci     luce :          cum       sol   est   sub       alta 

(her)  to  be  fed       by  light  (day) :      when    the  sun       is     under   the  deep 

tellure,       claudit,  et   circumdat   vincula 

earth,  he  "shuts      (her)  'up,  and       surrounds          chains       on  (her) 

indigno  collo.  Pascitur       arbuteis  frondibus  et 

uudeserving  neck.      She  is  fed  with  arbutus  leaves        and 

amar£  herbfi :  que    pro  65]  toro      infelix         incubat 

bitter          gras-d  :        and  instead-of  a  couch  the  unfortunate  (cow)        lies 

terrse  (dat.),  non  semper  habenti  gramen ;   que 

on  the  earth,  not       always        having          grass ;  and 

potat    limosa  flumina.     Cum  ilia  etiam  supplex 

drinks       muddy        rivers.  When     she        also        suppliant  might 

vellet       tendere         brachia       Argo,        habait    non 

will  to  stretch       (her)       arms          to  Argus,      she  had  not 

brachia,  quae  tenderet  Argo  :  que  conata 

arms,  which  she  might  stretch     to  Argus :     and  having  endeavoured 

queri,         edidit    mugitus     70]     ore,  que  pertimuit 

te  complain,  she  sends-forth  bellowings  from  ( her)  mouth,  and  greatly-feared 

sonos,  que      exterrita-est     propria"  voce.         Venit 

the  sounds,     and  was  affrighted  by  hcr-own       voice.      She  came 

et  ad      ripas,      Inachidas  ripas,  ubi         solebat  ssepe1 

ftlso  to   the  banks,    the  Inachian          banks,  where   she  was-wont    often 

ludere,    que   ut        conspexit         nova  cornua  in 

to  spurt,  and    when  she  beheld  (her)     new          horns        in    th« 

4 


48  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

Undo",      pertirauit,     que   externata,        refugit         se. 

e,     she  feared-greatly,     and        frightened,     she  fled-from      herself 


Naides   ignorant,    75]     et   Inachus    ipse    ignorat 

the  Naiads  'know      (her)  'not,  and     Inachui      himself  knows-not 

quae  sit  (sub.).     At  ilia  sequitur         patrem,  que 

who    she  may  be.  But  she       follows       (her)      father,       and 

sequitur         sorores.    et    patitur     se          tangi,    que 

follows         (her)     sisters,        and       suffers      herself  to  be  touched,      and 

offert    [se]  admirantibus.         Senior  Inachus 

presents  herself  to  (them)  admiring.  The  older          Inachus   had 

porrexerat  decerptas  herbas  ;    ilia  lambit         manus, 

reached  plucked          herbs;         she        licks     (his)        hands 

que  dat  oscula  patriis  palmis.     Nee  retinet 

and    gives    kisses    to  (hit)  paternal      palms.          Nor  does  (she)  constrain 

lacrymas  ;    et  si  modo  verba       sequantur,      80] 

(her)  tears  ;  and   if      only        words  may  follow,  she  may 

oret  opem,  que       loquatur         suum  nomen  que 

(would)  beg        help,      and  may  speak          (tell)       her        name       and 

casus.  Littera  quam         pes  ducit  in       pulvere 

misfortunes.      A  letter  which  (her)  foot    draws     in    the  dust 

pro         verbis   peregit         triste  indicium  mutati 

instead-of    words       completed     the  sad          information  of  (her)  changed 

corporis.     Miserum  me  !  exclamat  pater  Inachus  :  que 

body.  Wretched     me  !         exclaims      father       luachu^  :        and 

pendens    in        cornibus  gementis,    et       cervice 

hanging          on    the  horns  of  (tier)  groaning,         and  the  neck 

85]    niveae  juvencae,     ingerninat,  miserum  me  :        ne 

of  the  snowy          heifer,      he  redoubles,  wretched      me  :     whether 

es   tu       nata     quaesita         mihi   per   omnes    terras  ? 

art  thou  the  daughter    sought  to(%)me      through       all  lands? 

Tu  non         inventa  eras  levior  luctus  reperta\ 

Thou  not   being  found          wast    lighter    grief    (than  when)         found. 

Retices,    nee  refers   mutua   dicta     nostris. 

Thou  art-  silent,       nor    dost  thou  return         mutual       words  to  ours. 

Prodis  tantum  suspiria         alto  pectore  :  que  quod 

Thou  emittest        only          sighs        from  deep       breast  :         and      whal 

unum      90]       potes,         remugis  ad  mea  verba.     At 

tne      (alone)    thou  canst,       thou  bellowest       to       my       words.         Bui 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  49 

ego  ignarus         parabam  thalamos  que  taedas      tibi ; 

I        unknowing    did  prepare         marriage-beds  and     torches     for  tbee : 

que      prim  a    spes     mihi  fuit      generi,         secunda 

and    the  first  hope    to  me         was  of  a  son-in-law,  the  second         of 

nepotum.        Nunc      vir         de       grege       habendua 

grand- children         Now        a  husband   from  the  flock      (t>)        to-be-bad 

tibi,  nunc     natus  de       grege,  nee   licet         mihi 

U'    by)  thee,      now    a  son         from  the  flock,       nor  is  it-lawful  for  me 

finire  tantos  dolores     morte ;  sed     nocet   95]  esse 

to  end        so-great      griefs     by  death  ;         but    it  injures  (me)  to  be       a 

dcum ;  que      praeclusa  janua     lethi  extendit  nostros 

god;  and  the  prevented          gate     of  death      continues  our 

luctus  in  aeternum  aevum.       Stellatus  Argus  summovet 

griefs     unto  everlasting      age.       The  starry  Argus  removei 

natam  ereptam  patri,  que  abstrahit 

(hit)  daughter  torn-away  to  (from)  the  father,     and     'draws  (her)  'away 

in  diversa  pascua.      Ipse  occupat      sublime  cacumen 

into  different      pastures.       Himself     gains       the  lofty  top 

mentis     procul,     unde   sedens  speculetur   in 

of  a  mountain  at-a-distance,  whence      sitting    he  may  watch  IB 

omnes  partes. 

all  parti. 


FAB.  X.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  668—688.) 

MERCURIUS    OCCIDIT    ARQUM. 
MERCURY         SLATS         AROUS. 

Nec         rector         Superum  potest   ferre  ultra 

Nor  'is  the  ruler      of  the  Gods  'able  |  to  bear    beyond  (more) 

tanta    mala     Phoronidos ; 

to-great  miseries  of  Phoronis  (!<>)'>    [to  bear  any  longer  such  great 

que    vocat       natum,  quern     lucida  Ple'ias 

Biiseries  of  Io;]  and  he  calls     (his)     son,         whom  the  bright         Pleiad 

enixa-est         partu,    que   imperat  det 

brought-forth  in  a  birth,         and     cotninanils    (ttmt)    he  may  give   (put) 

Argum      leto.          Mora    eat    parva  sumpsisse 

Argus          to  death.      The  delay          is        smull       to  have  taken 


50  OVIDH   MBTAMORPH. 

*las  pedibus,    que      somniferara    virgam 

wings   to  (hit)  feet,  and  the  sleep-bringing          w;md         in  (kit) 

potenti   manu,    que     tegimen  capillis.      6] 

powerful         hand,        and     a  covering     (cap)       for  tho  locks         (four). 

Ubi       natus  Jove  disposuit  haec,  desilit 

When  (he)  born    from  (of)  Jupiter  arranged      these   (things)   he  springs 

ab          patria  arce  in      terras,        que  illic     removit 

from  (hit)  paternal  citadel  into  the  lands  (earth),  and    there  he  removed 

tegimen,    et   posuit         pennas,       tantummodo 

(kit)          cap,          and  put-aside  (his)  feathers  (wings),        only          the 

virga      retenta-est.     Dum      venit,    ut     pastor      agit 

wand    was  kept  Whilst  he  comes,       as    a  shepherd  he  drives 

h&c         capellas  abductas  per      devia   rura, 

with  this  (wand)  she-goats    led-away  through  the  pathless  countries  (field*), 

et  cantat      1O]       structis  avenis.     Argus,     Junonius 

and    sings   (plays)  with  arranged  oaten-reeds.       Argus,  the  Junonian 

custos,  captus  voce         novse  artis,  ait,  Quisquis 

keeper,     captivated  with  the  voice  of  a  new         art,       says,    Whosoever 

es  poteris     considere   mecum      hoc    saxo ; 

thou art  thou  shall  be-able     to  sit-down  with-me  (on)  this        rock; 

enim  herba  est  foecundior       pecori  neque     ullo 

for  grass        is      more-fruitful    for  cattle        neither   in  any  (other) 

loco,    que        vides        umbram    aptam       pastoribus. 

place,       and    thou  seest       the  shade  fit         for  shepherds. 

Atlantiades  sedit     et  detinuit      euntem  diem 

Atlantiades  (Merenry)   sat-down   and    beguiled    the  passing        day     in 

Bermone,     loquendo  multa ;         que  tentat     vincere 

discourse,     by  speaking         many  (much) ;  and       tries     to  overcome  tht 

eervantia    lumina      canendo  15]  junctis    arundinibus. 

watchful  eyes        by  singing       with  united  reeds. 

Tamen  ille  pugnat   evincere  molles  somnos,  et  quamvia 

However    he     struggles  to  overcome         soft          sleep,      and    although 

sopor     receptus-est   parte        oculorum,  tamen   vigilat 

sleep    has  been  received    in  part    of  the  eyes,  however  he  watches 

20]  parte.     Quserit  quoque,  (namque     fistula     reperta- 

withapart.    He  inquir««        also,  (for        the  pipe     had  been  found 

erat         nuper,)     qu&  ratione  reperta-sit. 

(invented)       lately,?   ry  what    means      it  may  have  been  found. 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  51 


FAB.  XI.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  689—712.) 

feYRIX  MUTATUR     IN  ARUNDINEM. 

STRWJT     IS  CHANGED     INTO    A   REED. 

Turn      Deus  inquit,         fuit  una  Naias  in      gelidia 

Then  the  God          says,     (there)  was     one     Naiad     jn  the  cold 

montibus     Arcadiae,    celeberrima   inter      Nonacrinas 

mountains      of  Arcadia,       most-distinguished  among  the  Nonacrine 

Hamadryadas:         Nymphae       vocabant         Syringa. 

Hamadryads:  the  Nymphs        did  call  (her)  Syrinx. 

Ilia  non  semel  eluserat  et      Satyros  sequentes, 

She      not       once  (often)  had  escaped     both  the  Satyrs  following 

et  quoscunque  Deos  ve         umbrosa  sylva  ve 

(her),  and       whatever          Gods    either   the  shady  wood      or  the 

ferax     rus     habet :  colebat      5]          Ortygiam 

fertile     country       had:        she  did  cultivate   (emulate)    the  Ortygian 

Deam  studiis   que   virginitate   ips& :    quoque 

Goddess  (Diana)   in  pursuits      and          virginity          itself:  also 

cincta  ritu        Dianae  falleret          et 

girded       in  the  fashion  of  Diana     she  might  deceive      (one)  and  might 

posset         credi    Latonia,    si      corneus    arcus    foret 

b«-able     to  be  believed     Latonia,        if     a  horn  bow  were 

non      huic,  si     aureus         [foret   non]      illi. 

not       to  this     (the  latter),     if   a  golden     (one)      were         not        to  this 

Sic  quoque  fallebat.     Pan  videt 

(tke/orme  ).     Thus       also     (even  to)  she  did  deceive.  Pan         sees 

hanc  redeuntem  Lycaeo  colle  que  praecinctus 

her  returning       from  the  Lycean        hill      and      girt-before      with 

acuta    pinu          10]  caput,    refert    talia    verba : 

eharp          pine  (leaf)   (at  to)   the  head,          utters          such          words: 

Restabat  referre        verba:    et 

It  did   remain         (to  Mercury)     to  relate         (the)  words  :       and  (theie) 

precibus          spretis,       Nympham  fugisse 

prayers          being  despised,     the  Nymph  (ia  said)  to  have  fled 

per       avia,  donee  venerat  ad      placidum 

through  pathless  (placet),  until     the  had  come  to  the  gentl* 


52  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

amncrn         arenosi  Ladonis :  hie,  undis  impe- 

river         of  the  sandy  Ladon :       here    (it  was)  the  waves          pre- 

dientibus         cursum      illi,  or&sse         liquidas 

renting          (her)     course       to  her,    (that)  she  prayed     (her)         liquid 

eorores,    ut      15]       mutarent     se :      que  Pana,   cum 

listers,          that  they  might  change  herself:      and       Pan,        when 

putaret  jam  Syringa  prensam  sibi, 

h«  might  think        (did  think)  now       Syrinx          caught  to  (by)  himself, 

tenuisse    palustres    calamos   pro      corpore 

to  have  held  fenny  reeds          for     the  body          of  the 

Nymphae.      Que   dum     suspirat   ibi,       ventos   motos 

Nymph.  And     whilst  he  sighs  there,  the  winds  moved 

in       arundine  effecisse       tenuem    sonum,    que 

in     the  reed  to  have  caused  a  shrill  sound,          and 

similem          querenti ;      Deum  captum  20]  nova  arte, 

like         to  (one)  complaining ;  the  God         captivated  by  the  new          art, 

qne       dulcedine          vocis,  dixisse,    Hoc 

and      the  sweetness        of  the  voice     (sound)      to  have  said,  This 

consilium  manebit       mihi   tecum ;  atque 

counsel     (communication)  shall  remain          for  me         with-thee;          and 

ita  disparibus  calamis         junctis  inter      se          corn- 
thus        unequal  reeds    being  joined        among  themselves  by  a  fas- 

pagine     cerse,  tenuisse      noinen         puellse. 

toning      of  wax,    to  have  retained      the  name      of  the  girl. 


FAB.  XH.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  713—723.) 

OCDLI        AEOI       IN  CAUDAM  PAVONI8. 

THE  STES    OF  ABOUS  INTO  THE  TAIL          OF  A  PEACOCK. 

Cyllenius  dicturus   talia  vidit  omnes 

Cyllenins     (Mercury)    about-to-say    such  (words)      saw  all 

oculos  succubuisse,  que         lumina 

th»  eyes         to  have  sunk  (to  sleep),  and  (his)      lights     (eyes) 

adoperta      somno.        Supprimit         vocem   extemplo, 

wrapped         in  sleep.          He  suppresses       (Ai«)       voice       immediately, 

que  firmat        soporem,  permulceris       languida  lumina 

and    ooufirms  (hi*)  drowsiness,         stroking        (hit)      feeble  eyei 


LIBER   PRIMUS.  53 

medical^  virg&.     Nee         mora,      vulnerat 

with  the  medicated        wand.          Nor  (wcu)   delay,    he  wounds         (him) 

nutantem          falcato  ense,  qua      caput     confine     6] 

nodding       with  (n)  crooked     sword,  where  the  head    (t«)  adjoining  to  the 

collo,  que  dejicit         cruentum  saxo,  et  maculat 

neck,       and       casts      (him)      bloody      from  the  rock,     and          stains 

praeruptam    cautem       sanguine.       Arge        jaces, 

the  rugged  crag      with  blood.  0  Argus     thou  liest 

que      lumen,  quod  habebas  in        tot 

,'  prottrate),     and  the  light,         which  thou  didst  have  in    so-many 

lumina,  extinctum-est,  que  una  nox  occupat     centun. 

eyes,  was  quenched,       and     one     night       seizes      the  hundred 

oculos.     Saturnia  excipit   hos,   que   collocat 

eyes.  Satnrnia  (Juno)     takes-up    these,     and         places     (them) 

10]    pennis     suae  volucris,    et   implet         caudam 

in  the  feathers  of  her  bird,          and      fills       (tto)         tail         with 

stellantibus  gemmis. 

starry  gems. 


FAB.  XIH.     (Metam.  Lib.  I.  724—779.) 

IO  AGITUR     IN     FUROREM. 

TO     IS    DRIVEN    INTO    MADNESS. 

Protinus         exarsit,  nee  distulit 

Immediately  j  she  blazed,      [Juno  was  inflamed,]  nor      deferred    th« 

tempora     irae,   que  objecit      horrificum  Erinnyn 

times  of  wrath,    and     exposed    the  dreadful  Erinnys     (fury) 

oculis  que  animo         Argolicae  pellicis,  que  con- 
to  the  eyes          and       mind     of  the  Grecian  mistress,      and        bu- 

didit  caecos  stimulos  in         pectore,   et  terruit 

ried          dark          goads        in    (her)     breast,       and  affrighted  (her)  an 

profugam  per        totum  orbem.     Nile,  restabas 

exile  through  the  whole        globe.      0  Nile,    thou  didst  remain 

ultiraus         immenso  labori.     Quern  siinul-ac      tetigit, 

last          to  (her)  immense       labour.         Which     so-eoon-as  she  touched, 

que         genibus         positis  in      margine         ripae,   5] 

tad    (her)      kneei      being  placed      on  the  edge  of  the  bank,    sh» 


54  OVIDII   METAMORPII. 

procubuit,  que  ardua       collo  resupiuo,  tollena  vultui 

lay-down,          and      lofty     with  neck      bent-back,       raising          looki 

ad      sidera,    quos    solos      potuit,      visa-est       queri 

to    the  stars  which       alone   she  could,       she  seemed      to  complain 

cum    Jove    et       gemitu    et    lacrymis,  luctisono 

with       Jupiter    both  by  groan          and          tears,      mournfully-sounding 

mugitu,  que     orare     finem  malorum.     Ille 

bellowing,    and    to  pray     an  end         to  (her)  miseries.  He  baring 

complexus      colla  (pi.}     suse  conjugis     10]   [lacertis], 

embraced          the  neck  of  his         spouse     'with  (his)      'arms, 

rogat,  ut  tandem  finiat         posnas ;  que  inquit, 

begs,        that  at-length    she  may  end     (her)  punishments:  and  says, 

Pone     metus  in  futurum,   hsec          nunquam  erit 

lay-aside    fears        in         future,          she     'shall        never  'be     (a) 

causa     doloris     tibi;     et      jubet    Stygias    paludes 

cause     of  grief         to  you ;      and  he  orders         Stygian          lakes        to 

audire   hoc.  Ut      dea          lenita-est,   ilia  capit 

hear  this  (oath).        As  the  goddess  was  softened,  she  assume? 

priores   vultus,    que       fit   quod      fuit   ante : 

|Aer)      former          looks,        and     is  made  what   she  was      before :    the 

setae  fugiunt   &         corpore,  15]  cornua  decrescunt, 

bristles      flee        from  (her)     body,       (her)     horns  diminish,         the 

orbis  luminis   fit        arctior,         rictus 

circumference    of  the  eye          becomes  more-narrow,  the  opening  (of  the 

contrahitur,  que         humeri  que  manus  redeunt; 

jaw)  is  contracted,  and  (her)  shoulders    and     hands  return ; 

que      ungula          dilapsa    in    quinos    ungues 

and     the  hoof        having  vanished    into        five  nails       (toe»)    if 

absumitur.      Nihil   superest   de      bove   in   ill&,    nisi 

wasted.  Nothing      remains        of  the  cow        in       her,    unleM 

candor  formae ;  que     nymphe  contenta 

the  whiteness  'of  (her)  'shape  ;          and  the  nymph         contented  with  ifw 

officio      duorum   pedum      erigitur,     20]     que   metuit 

duty         at  two  feet         is  raist-d-up  (OH  them),  and  fears 

loqui    ne  mugiat  more        juvencae,    et 

to  speak       lest    she  may  bellow        in  the  manner  of  a  heifer,  and 

retentat   timide   intermissa   verba.     Nunc  dea 

pronounces     timidly        interrupted        words.  Now     (as)  a  goddess 


LIBER    PRIMUS.  55 

celeberrima         colitur  linigerS,    turb&.  Hino 

to  most-illustrious  she  is  worshipped  by  the  linen-wearing  crowd.      Hence 

Epaphus    creditur  tandem     esse  genitus  de     semine 

Epaphus       is  believed        at-length   to  be        begotten      of  the  seed 

magni  Jo  vis  ;  que  tenet  templa  juncta  25]  parenti 

of  the  great       Jupiter;     and  possesses  temples    joined  to  (hit)  parent 

per         urbes.    Phaeton,  satus  sole,  fuit  aequalis 

through  the  cities.  Phaeton,     sprung  from  the  sun,      was  equal 

huic     animis  et  annis ;    quern  quondam  loquentem 

U  him     in  spirits      and    years;        whom         formerly  speaking 

magna,  nee  cedentem     sibi,  que  superbum 

great       (thing*),     nor        yielding     to  him,     and         proud          in  (hi*) 

parente  Phoebo ;  Inachides  non  tulit ;       que 

parent          Phoebus;      Inachides  (Epnphut)  (did)  not      bear   (it);     and 

ait,  Demens,  credis  matri     omnia, 

said,     Foolish    (fellow),  thou  believest  to  (thy)  mother  in  all         (thing*), 

et   30]  es    tumidus  imagine        falsi    genitoris. 

and     thou  art     puffed-up   with  the  conceit        of  a  false  father. 

Phaeton  erubuit  que  repressit         iram        pudore,  et 

i         blushed      and       checked      (his)  anger  from  shame,       and 

tulit  ad      matrem  Clymenen     convicia  Epaphi,  que 

bore    unto  (hit)  mother         Clymene     the  reproaches  of  Epaphus,  and    he 

ait,        Quo  doleas  magis,  genitrix,  ego,  ille 

says,  In-order-that  thoamayest grieve       more,        C  mother,        I,      that 

liber,  ille    ferox,  tacui.       Pudet 

free    (unreitraincd  lad),  that      bold     (youth),  was-silent.  It  shames  (me) 

et  haec    opprobria  potuisse          dici 

both    (that)  these  insults         have  been  able  to  be  said     tr 

nobis,  et  non     35]       potuisse         refelli.     At         tu 

u«,  and    not  to  have  been  able  to  be  refuted.         But  (do)  thou 

ede  (notam)   tanti      generis,    si  modo 

declare  (give  a)  sign       "f  so-great  a  race,  if     only      I  have  been 

creatus-sum        coelesti  stirpe  ;  que  assere  me       coelo. 

begotten  from  divine          stock ;       and  vindicate  me   for  heaven. 

Dbr.it,   et    implicuit         brachia       materno    collo ; 

He  said,         and         twined       (hi*)       arms       (OH)    maternal  neck, 

que  oravit  per  suum  caput  que  Meropis,  que 

and    entreatel    by    bis-own     head       and  (that)  nf  Mcropg,          and  th« 


66  OVIDII   AlETAMORPH. 

tsedas  sororum,  traderet     sibi 

marriage-torches  of  (hit)  sisters,          (that)    she  would  deliver          to  him 

signa          veri  parentis.          Ambiguum     40]    Cly- 

the  signs   'of  (hit)  'true       parents.     (It  is)      doubtful        (whether)    Cly- 

mene         magis  mota         precibus    Phaetonis  an 

mene     (toot)    more     moved  by  the  prayers     of  Pbae'ton         than  by  the 

ir£        criminis  dicti  sibi ;       porrexit  utraque 

•nger  at  the  charge     spoken  to  (against)  herself;  she  extended  each 

brachia     coelo,    que    spectans    ad       lumina 

(both)      arms       to  heaven,    and         looking          to    the  light        of  the 

solis,  inquit :  Per  hoc  jubar  insigne        coruscis  radiis, 

sun,  says :         By     this      beam  remarkable  with  resplendent      rays, 

quod   que   audit   que   videt   nos,45]juro  tibi,  [nate,] 

which     both      hears       and        sees        us,     I  swear  to  thee,      0  son, 

te          satum          h<5c,    te          hoc    sole,    qui 

(that)   thou      art  sprung      from  this,       thou   from  this        sun,     which 

temperat      orbem.      Si   loquor   ficta, 

governs          the  globe.  If  I  speak        feigned     (words)     'may   he 

ipse  neget     se     videndum         mihi,    que        ista   sit 

himself  "deny   himself     to-be-seen  to  (by)  me,         and    'may  this       'be 

novissima   lux      nostris   oculis.      Nee   est      labor 

the  last  light   to  our  eyes.          |  Nor        is   the  trouble 

longus     tibi  n6sse 

'ong         to  thee  [nor  will  it  be  any  great  trouble  for  you]  to  have  known 

patrios  penates  :         domus    unde    oritur  est  con- 

(thy)  paternal  household-gods;  the  habitation  whence  he  arises     is       bor- 

termina     nostrae    terras.       Si   modo  50]  animus   fert, 

dering         to  our  land.  If         only     (thy)     mind          bears 

gradere,  et  scitabere  ab  ipso.     Phaeton, 

(inclines)     proceed,    and  thou  shalt  inquire      from  himself.          Phaeton, 

laetus  post  talia  dicta    suae  matris,  emicat  extemplo,  et 

glad         after     such     words  of  his      mother,       bounds  immediately,  and 

concipit      sethera  mente :  que     transit       suos 

conceives    the  sky        (ironders)  in  mind:          and  he  passes-over  bis-own 

^thiopas  que     Indos  positos  sub  sidereis  ignibus,  quo 

-/Ethiopians      and  the  Indians    placed    under     starry  fires,         and 

impiger    adit         patrios    ortus. 

goes-tc  (hit)  paternal      risings  (the  ««•<). 


LIBER   SECtNDUS.  67 


LIBER    SECUNDUS. 

BOOK  THIS  SECOND. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  II.  1—824.) 


DB  PHAETONTE. 

CONCERNING     PHAETON. 


REQIA         Soils  erat  alta       sublimibus  columnis, 

THE  PALACE  of  the  Sun        was    lofty  with  stately  pillars, 

clara       micante  auro,  que  pyropo  imitante  flammas ; 

bright  with  sparkling      gold,       and    carbuncle    imitating  flames; 

summa    fastigia      cujus    nitidum    ebur       tegebat. 

the  highest  tops        of  which         polished         ivory   did  cover. 

Bifores  valvse          radiabant         lumine   argenti. 

Double-doored  folding-doors  did  shine          with  the  light       of  silver. 

Opus  superabat      materiem :  nam  Mulciber 

The  workmanship  did  excel  the  material :  for  Vulcan 

6]  caeldrat   illic      aequora   cingentia      medias   terras, 

had  engraven     there  the  seaa  encompassing  the  middle  lands, 

que      orbem         terrarum,  que  coelum,  quod  imminet 

and    the  globe      of  the  lands,  and      heaven,      which       impends 

orbi.         Unda   habet      caeruleos  deos ; 

to   (over)  the   globe.     The  wave  haa      the  azure  gods ;      ilia 

eanorum  Tritona,  que      ambiguum  Protea,  que  JEgac- 

muical  Triton,       and  the  .ambiguous         Proteus,      and        JEgae- 

ona  prementem      immania  terga     balsenarumlOjsuis 

•n  Dreeing        the  huge  backs    of  wlmleg  with  nil 


58  OVIDTI  IMETAMORPH. 

lacertis,    que    Dorida,    et         natas :     pars     quarum 

arms,  and          Doris,         and  (her)  daughters :    part   of  whom 

videntur     nare,   pars    sedens   in     mole  siccare 

seem  to  swim,        part        sitting      on  a  heap  (bank)   to  dry 

virides  capillos;    quaedam        vehi       pisce. 

(their)  green  hairs;  some        to  be  borne  by  a  fish.  Th« 

Facies  non   una  omnibus,    nee   tamen 

face     (look)    (toat)    not       one  (the  same)    to  all,  nor      however 

diversa ;  qualem     decet    16]     sororum   esse.       Terra 

different ;         such-as     it  becomes  (that)  of  sisters       to  be.       The  land 

gerit   viros   que   urbes,    que   sylvas   que    feras,    que 

bears        men        and       cities,         and       woods        and  wild-beasts,   and 

flumina  et  nymphas,  et      csetera         numina         ruris. 

rivers        and     nymphs,     and  the  rest      (other)      deities   of  the  country. 

Imago        fulgentis  coeli       imposita-est  super  haec ; 

The  image   of  the  glittering    heaven  was  placed  over       these ; 

que  sex  signa  dextris  foribus,  que 

and       six      signs  (of  the  Zodiac)  (are)  on  the  right  door,          and 

totidem  sinistris.         Quo       simul        Clymeneia 

as-many       on  the  left  Whither    as-soon-as   the  Clymenean 

proles  venit         acclivo  limite,  et  intravit      tecta     20J 

offspring  came  by  the  steep          track,     and  entered     the  roofs     of  (hit) 

dubitati    parentis,    protinus      fert    sua    vestigia    ad 

doubted  parent,          forthwith     he  bears      his         footsteps        to 

patrios   vultus,    que   constitit     procul;      enim   neque 

paternal         looks,         and  stood         at-a-diatance ;       for          neither 

ferebat      lumina   propiora.      Phoebus      sedebat 

did  he  bear          the  lights  nearer.  Phoebus     did  sit 

in        solio  velatus         purpured  veste,  lucente      claris 

in  (his)  throne    covered  with  a  purple          garment,  shining    with  bright 

smaragdis.       A  dextrS   que   Isevil  Dies, 

emeralds.  From  (on)  the  right  and       left    (stood)  the  Day, 

et       Mensis,    et25]Annus,    que    Saecula,    et       Horse 

and  the  Month,        and  the  Tear,  and        Ages,         and   the  Hours, 

positse      aequalibus   spatiis ;    que       novum   Ver 

placed        in  equal  distances ;       and     the  new  Spring     did 

Btabat,  cinctum         florente  corona :       nuda  JEstas 

•land,  girt       with  a  blooming         crown  :      the  naked  Summer  did 


LIBER   SECUNDUS.  59 

Jtabat,  <  t       gerebat  spicea  serta  ;  et  Autumnus 

st.-niil,         :u  1  Jid  bear  spiky  (wheaten)  garlands;  and  Autumn 

stabat,  sordidus       uvis  calcatis;  et  glacialis  Hyems 

nil,  filthy      from  grapes   trodden;    and         icy  Winter 

hirsuta  30]  canos  capillos.     Inde      Sol  medius      loco 

bristly      (an  to)  hoary         locks.  Then    the  Sun      middle       in  plac« 

vidit      juvenem    paventem  novitate 

law      the  youth  trembling      with  the  newness  (»trangentt»)  of  the 

rerum  oculis,       quibus     aspicit  omnia. 

things     with  (those)  eyes,       with  which      he  beholds          all       (thing*). 

Que     ait,  "  Quoe  causa         vise  tibi? 

And  he  says,  |  "What      cause  of  the  way  (journey)  (it)  to  thee  ?    [What 

Quid  petisti     h£c 

ia  the  cause  of  thy  journey  hither?]     What     hast  thou  sought      in  this 

arce,      Phaeton,      progenies    baud    inficianda 

tit.idel,  0  Phaeton,       an  offspring  not        to-be-denied    to  (by)  • 

parenti  ? "     Ille  refert,    86]    "  0  publica  lux         im- 

parent?"  He       relates  (an»wer»),  "0       general     light  of  the  im- 

mensi  mundi,  pater  Phoebe,  si         das        usum     hujus 

mense      world,       father     Phoebus,      if   thou  givest  the  use       of  this 

nominis     mihi,  nee  Clymene   celat         culpam  sub 

name          to  me,        nor        Clymene     conceals  (her)    error      under  a 

falsa  imagine ;  da  pignora,     genitor,  per  quae 

false          image :        give     pledges,      0  father,  by    which  I  may  be 

credar   tua   vera   propago,  et  detrahe  hunc  errorem 

believed       thy       true        progeny,     and  draw-away     this  mistake 

nostris   animis."  Dixerat:    at          genitor 

from   our  minds."         He  had  said :  but   (hit)         father 

deposuit      radios  micantes  circum  omne40]caput,  que 

laid- aside     the  rays  glittering        about          all      the  head,        and 

jussit  accedere   propius :    que      amplexu 

ordered    (him)   to  approach  nearer  :          and    an  embrace        being 

dato,     ait,  "Nee  es  tu  dignus  negari  esse 

jiven,  he  says,  "  Neither  art  thou  worthy  (deitrving)  to  be  denied  to  be 

meus;    et    Clymene      edidit  veros  ortus.     Que     quo" 

mice ;        ana      Clymene    has  declared    true     descents.       And  in-order 

minus-dubites,  pete  quodvia  munus,  ut 

thou  mayest  not-doubt  seek  any  gift,       thai 


60  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

feras,  me    tribuente.  Palus 

then   mayest   carry    (reccirr  it),       I  granting     (it).     The  lake 

juranda  dis  incognita  nostris  oculis,  46]  adesto 

to-be-sworn  to  {by)  the  gods   unknown  to  our  eyes,  let  it  be-pres-ent 

testis  promissis."     Viz  desierat  bene  :  ille 

a  witness  to  (my)    promises."         Scarcely  had  he  ended          well :          he 

rogat         paternos  currus,   que      jus   et   moderamen 

asks        (hit)     paternal       chariots,      and  the  right  and         government 

alipedum  equorum  in          diem.       Poenituit 

>.f  the  winged  horses        in  (for)  a  day.         It  repented          (hit) 

patrem          jurasse,  qui  concutiens        illustre  caput 

father      to  have  sworn,  who        shaking        (hi*)  illustrious       head 

que  ter  que  quater,  dixit,  "Mea   vox     5O]      facta-est 

both  thrice  and  four-times,  said,         "  My  expression  has  been  made 

temeraria     tua\     Utinam  liceret   non      dare 

rash  by  thine.         0-that     it  might  be-lawful    not    to  give     the 

promissa !     Confiteor,     nate,  negarem  hoc  solum 

promises!          I  confess,  0  son,     I  should  deny  this        alone 

tibi.        Licet      dissuadere.  Tua   voluntas   est 

to  thee.       It  is-lawful  to  dissuade          (tkee).        Thy  will  is 

non  tuta.         Petis  magna,  Phaeton,  et  munera, 

not      safe.     Thou  seekest      great  (things),  0  Phaeton,       and  gifts, 

quse    nee         conveniant     istis  viribus     55]    nee  tarn 

which  neither  may  suit  to  those      forces   (of  thine)  nor          so 

puerilibus  annis.     Tua  sors     mortalis;  quod         optaa 

boyish  years.          Thy    lot  (t«)     mortal ;          what     thou  wishest 

est   non   mortale.       Nescius         affectas   plus   etiam, 

is         not        mortal.  Ignorant     thou  aimest-at      more          even, 

quam   quod         sit        fas          contingere         superis. 

than          what     may  be    divine-right    to  happen  to  the  gods. 

Licebit  quisque  placeat      sibi  * ; 

It  will  be-lawful     (that)   every-one  (of  them)  may  please          to  himself ; 

tamen,  non-quisquam,  me  excepto,     valet    consistere 

however,        not-any-one,  I        ezcepted,     is  able     to  stand 

in      ignifero  axe.        Rector  6O]  vasti  Olympi  quoque, 

on  the  fiery  axle.    The  ruler        of  the  vast      Olympus  also, 

*  How  much  soever  each  may  think  of  himself. 


LIBER   BECONDUS.  61 

qui  jaculatur      fera   fulmina       terribili    dextrS, 

who          hurls         the  fierce    lightnings  with  terrible  right    (Jk«nrf) 

non  agat  hos  currus  :  et  quid  habemus  majus 

!m:ty     not     'drive  these  chariots :    and  what     have-we       greater  (than] 

Jove?         Prima   via   est   ardua;    et  quJl       recentes 

Jupiter?    The  first          way       is       difficult;      and  where  the  fresh 

equi      mane          vix         enitantur;    est  altissima  65 1 

bones  in-the-morning  scarcely  may  struggle ;       it  is       very-high   in  the 

medio  coelo ;  unde  timor     fit      mihi-ipsi  sape*     videre 

middle    heaven  :  whence    fear    is  made  to  me-myself    often   to  see 

mare    et      terras,   et         peetus  trepidat       pavidS 

the  sea         and  the  lands,       and  (my)   breast        trembles  with  fearful 

formidine.         Ultima   via   est   prona,    et   eget   certo 

terror.  The  last  way      is        slant,      and    needs         sure 

moderamine.     Tune  etiam  Tethys  ipsa,   quoe  exeipit 

government  Then        also          Tethya    herself,     who        receives 

me  subjectis  undis,    solet    vereri,  ne    70]    ferar 

me  in  (ter)  subject          waves,   is  wont     to  fear,        lest  I  may  be  borne 

in-praeceps.     Adde,    quod   coelum     rapitur       assidua" 

headlong.  Add,          that        heaven     is  hurried       with  constant 

vertigine,  que  trahit      alta  sidera,  que  torquet      celeri 

whirl,  and     draws    the  lofty      stars,       and      twists     with  rapid 

volumine.       Nitor   in-adversum;    nee  impetus, 

revolution.  I  strive  contrarily;  nor   (does)  the  force, 

qui      vincit          caetera,  me ;    et 

which    overcomes     the  rest          (of  thing  t),  (overcome)    me;      and  lam 

evehor    contrarius          rapido   orbi.      Finge 

carried  contrary       to  the  rapid          globe.         Feign  (suppose)  the 

currus  datos.  Quid  agas  ?     ne  76] 

chariots     given    (thee).        What  mayest  thou  do  ?        whether  shall  thou 

poteris     ire   obvius         rotatis   polis,  ne      citus   axis 

be-able     to  go       opposite  to  the  revolved       pole,      lest  the  swift        axle 

auferat  te  ?    Forsitan  et  concipias    animo 

may  bear-away  thee  ?       Perhaps     also  thou  mayest  conceive      in  mind 

lucos  que  urbes     deorum,  que  delubra  ditia       donis 

groves     and       cities    of  gods,  uml       shrines        rich   with  gifts 

[illic].         Iter  est  per  insidias  que      formas 

vto  b«)   there.       The  journey  is  through     snares       and  the  forms        of 


62  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

ferarum.  Que  ut  teneas     viam, 

wild-beasts  (tie  constellations).  And  though  thou  mayest  hold     the  way, 

que  traharis     nullo  errore ;  tamen  gra- 

and   mayest  be  drawn         by  no  error ;        however    thou  shalt  pro- 

dieris   per        cornua  80]  adversi  Tauri,  que      Haemo 

ceed       through  the  horns      of  the  opposite        Bull,       and   the     Hsemo- 

nios  arcus,  que      ora  violent!  Leonis,  quo 

nian       bowa,       and  the  mouths  (jaws)  of  the  violent  Lion,          and 

Scorpion  curvantem  sseva  brachia     longo  circuitu, 

the  Scorpion  bending        cruel          arms       in  long  compass, 

atque      Cancrum  curvantem         brachia  aliter.     Nee 

and        the  Crab  bending      (his)       arms       otherwise.       Nor 

est  in-promptu  tibi     regere      animosos  quadru- 

is-it  ready         (easy)  for  thee  to  rule          the  spirited  quadru- 

pedes  illis   ignibus,    quos         habent   in 

peds    (horse*)   with  those        fires,          which   they  have  in    (their) 

pectore,    quos          efflant       85]       ore      et    naribus. 

breast,  which      they  breathe-out  from  the  mouth   and          nostrils. 

Vix  patiuntur    me,    ut  acres    animi 

Scarcely  (do)  they  suffer  me,  when  (their)  vigorous    spirits     have 

incaluere ;  que      cervix  repugnat       habenis.     At   tu, 

heated  ;  and  the  neck  resists     to  the  reins.  But  thou, 

nate,   cave,  ne  sim      auctor       muneri   funesti 

0  son,        beware,  lest  I  may  be      the  author      of  a  gift  destructive 

tibi ;     que    corrige    tua    vota,    dum         res     sinit. 

to  thee :        and        correct        thy     wishes,     whilst     the  thing  permits. 

Scilicet,         petis   certa   pignora,    ut       90]       credaa 

Forsooth,     thou  seekest      sure        pledges,       that   thou  mayest  believe 

te   genitum       nostro  sanguine.      Do  certa  pignora 

thee    begotten  from  our  blood.  I  give   sure        pledges     by 

timendo ;  et         probor   esse         pater     patrio 

fearing       (for  thee) ;  and  1  aui  proved     to  be       (thy)  father  by  paternal 

metu.    Ecce!  aspice  meos  vultus,  que  utinam 

fear.  Lo !        behold      my        looks,       and      0-that   thou  mighteal 

posses   inserere    oculos  in    pectora,  et   de- 

be-able     to  insert  (<%)      eyes       into  (my)     breasts,      and    to  de- 

prendere  intiis  patrias  curas  !     Denique,  circumspice, 

tect  inwardly  paternal       cares  I  Finally,  look-round 


LIBER    SECUNDDS.  68 

ijuidquid      dives  mundus  habet ;  que  posce  aliquid  95] 

whatever       the  rich          world  haa;         and      ask         some-(<Atnjf) 

&          tot   que  tantis  bonis     coeli,  que     terrse,  que 

out-of  so-many  and    ao-great    goods  of  heaven,  and  of  earth,        and  of 

maris ;  patieYe   nullam   repulsam.       Deprecor 

sea;  thou  shall  suffer  no  repulse.  I  deprecate 

hoc  unum ;  quod  vero  nomine  est         poena, 

this        one    (t/u'ny) ;     which  in  (iti)    true        name       is    a  punishment, 

non      honor.      Phaeton         poscis   poenam     pro 

vot      a  i  honour.  Phaeton       thou  askest     punishment  instead-of  a 

munere.     Quid,     ignare,         tenes         mea   colla 

gift.  Why,     0  ignorant  (lad),  boldest  thou     my       necks     with 

blandis  lacertis  ?     Dubita  ne  :  quodcunque  100] 

•oft         (caressing)     arms?  Doubt        not:         whatsoever         thou 

optaris  dabitur  (juravimus      Sty- 

shalt  have  wished      shall  bo  given          (we  have  sworn-by  the  Sty- 

gias  undas);  sed  tu  opta  sapientius." 

gian       waves) ;      but   thou   wish      more-wisely." 

Finierat         monitus  ;  taraen  ille  repugnat 

He  had  finished      (Ata)  admonitions;    however    he         resists        to  the 

dictis,  que  tenet       propositum  ;  que  flagrat     cupidine 

words,      and      holds  (hit)         purpose ;          and      burns  with  desire 

currfis.       Ergo,          genitor          cunctatus,    qua 

«f  the  chariot.          Therefore,  (hit)     father    having  delayed,  where 

105]  licuit,  deducit    juvenem  ad     altos  currus, 

(at  far  as)  it  was  lawful,    conducts  the  youth  to  the  lofty      chariots, 

Vulcania  munera.        Axis  erat  aureus,      temo  aureus, 

Vulcanian          gifts.        The  axle       was       golden,    the  beam        golden, 

curvatura         summse  rotae  aurea,      ordo   radiorum 

the  i-urvature       of  the  highest       wheel    golden,    the  rank  of  spokes 

argenteus.     Chrysolithi  que  gemmae  positse  ex-ordine 

silver.  Chrysolites        and     diamonds      placed  in-order 

per           juga       reddebant  clara  lumina  reper- 

through  the  yokes  did  return  bright      lights      from  the  reflecti-il 

cusso   PhoBbo.llO]Que    dum        magnanimus    Phaeton 

Pboel>u.s.  And      w'n:!.-t    the  hi^h-uiinded  Phaeton 

miratur  ea,  que  perspicit      opus,  ecce        vigil 

admires      tin..-.:    <lt'»ij»),  and         surveys     t'je  work,     behold  the  wakeful 

5 


64  OVIDII   MBTAMORPH. 

Aurora  patefecit         purpureas  fores  ab       rutilo  ortu, 

Aurora       opened-out    (her)        purple         doors  from  the  ruddy        east, 

et  atria  plena  rosarum.       Stellae  diffugiunt;      agmina 

and  halls      full  of  roses.  The  stars  flee-away ;    the  troops 

quarum  Lucifer        cogit  et  novissimus  exit       115] 

of  which         Lucifer  (  Venut)  gathers  and  last          goes-out  from  the 

statione     coeli.     At  ut         pater  vidit     terras  que 

watch          of  heaven.     But  when  (his)  father      saw  the  lands       and  the 

mundum     rubescere,  que      cornua          extremae  lunae 

world  to  redden,  and  the  horns        to  the  remote  moon 

velut    evanescere ;  Titan  imperat         velocibus  Horie 

a?-if     to  vanish ;  Titan         orders     to  the  swift  Hours 

jungere      equos.         Celeres  deae  peragunt     jussa; 

to  joke  the  horses.       The  fleet        goddesses  complete     the  orders ; 

que    ducunt        quadrupedes    120]    altis    praasepibus, 

and          lead          the  horses  from  the  lofty  stalls, 

vomentes   ignem,         saturos  succo     ambrosias ; 

vomiting  fires,      (and)      full        with  the  juice     of  ambrosia  ; 

que         addunt       sonantia   fraena.      Turn          pater 

and      they  add  the  sounding  bits.  Then     (hit)     father 

contigit     ora  sui  nati         sacro  medicamme,  et 

touched    the  faces  (face)  of  his      son  with  a  sacred        medicine,        and 

fecit       patientia         rapidae   flammae :    que     imposuit 

made  (it)     enduring   of  the  rapid  flame :  and  he  placed 

radios  comae,    que   repetens   suspiria   praesaga 

rays  to  (A»»)  hair,          and       repeating  sighs        forebodings 

luctfis         sollicito  pectore,    dixit,  "  Si    125]     potes 

of  grief        from  anxious          breast,     he  said,         "  If  (that)  thou  caust 

hie  saltern  parere  paternis  monitis,      puer,  parce 

here    at-least        obey         paternal   admonitions,   0  boy,          spare   the 

stimulis,  et  utere      loris(a6Z.)  fortius.  Properant 

spurs,  and    use      the  reins       more-vigorously.    They  hasten 

8U&     sponte ;       labor   est     inhibere         vo- 

with  (of)  their-own     accord;     the  difficulty    is    to  restrain     (them)  will- 

lentes.     Nee      via  per       quinque  directos  arcus 

ing.  |  Nor   the  way  through  the  five  direct        arcs  (circlet' 

placeat    tibi. 

may  pleas*       to  the*.     [Nor  must  you  drive  the  chariot  directly  through 


LIBER   SECUNDUS.  65 

130]  Limes  est  sectus  iri-obliquum,        lato 

the  five  circles].      The  track        is        cut  obliquely,      with  a  broad 

curvatnine,    que    contentus         fine     trium   zonarum ; 

curvature,  and         bounded     by  the  end     of  three  zones ; 

que  effugit     australem  polum,  que     Arcton  junctam 

and       avoids  the  southern  pole,         and  the  Bear  joined 

aquilonibus.         Iter       sit  hsic ; 

to  the  north- winds.          The  way  maybe  (let  it  be)  by  this;       thou  wilt 

ccrnes      manifesta   vestigia          rotae.       Que,    ut     et 

perceive  the  evident  traces      of  the  wheel.  And,     that  both 

coelum  et      terra       ferant  aequos  calores,  nee  preme 

heaven      aud  the  earth  may  bear  equal          heats,     neither   depress 

nec  molire      currum   per        sumrnum  aethera.      135] 

nor     manage  the  chariot      through  the  highest  sky.  Having 

Egressus    altius,  cremabis      coelestia   tecta ; 

gone-out         inore-aloft,    thou  shalt  consume       the  heavenly  roofs 

inferius,      terras ;  ibis  tutissimus 

(munniont) ;  more-lowly,  the  lands ;      thou  wilt  go          more-safe     by  the 

medio.  Neu  rota   dexterior  declinet  te 

middle  (course).    Neither  (let)  the  wheel  more-to-the-right  'turn     thee  'off 

in     tortum  Anguem  ;  neve  sinisterior  ducat 

to  the  writhed          Snake ;      neither  (let  the  wheel)  more-to-the-left    lead 

140]    ad        pressam    Aram :     tene    inter    utrumque. 

(thee)     to     the  depressed          Altar:          hold     between  each. 

Mando      caetera     Fortanae,  quse,     opto,      juvet  et 

I  commit      the  rest          to  Fortune,  who,      I  wish,  may  aid        and 

consulat  melius,   quam  tu       tibi.      Dum   loquor, 

may  consult  better,  than     thou  for  thee.         Whilst  I  speak, 

humida   nox        tetigit      metas  positas  in      Hesperio 

moist  night  has  touched  the  boundaries  placed     on  the  Hesperian 

littore.       Libera  mora   est   non      nobis : 

ihore.  A  free    (unlimited)      deluy        is       not     for  us :  wo  are 

poscimur.     Aurora   effulget,        tenebris  fugatis. 

i\'i[uired.  Aurora      shines-out,    the  darkness     being  put-to-night. 

Corripe      lora  manu :    vel   si  146]  pectus    est 

Seize          the  thongs  (rein*)  in  hand :  or      if    (tlnj)      breast          it 

mutabile         tibi,    utere    nostris  (all.)    consiliis,    non 

changeable       for  thee,         \i.-<-  eur  counsels,          not 


66  OVIDIl    METAMORPH. 

curribus,  dum         potes ;  et         adstas  etiamnum 

chariots,          whilst  thou  canst ;       and  thou  standest        even-yet     to  (in, 

solidis    sedibus;  que    dum    inscius         premis 

folid  seats       (ground);      and       whilst      ignorant    thou  pressest 

nondum      axes  male"  optatos,  sine  me     dare  lumina 

uot-yet         the  nxles     badly       wished,      permit    me    to  give  light* 

terris,  quse         tutus  spectes."     Ille  occupat 

to  the  lands,      which  'thou)  safe    mayest  behold."  He  seizes 

150]  levem  currum     juvenili  corpore,  que  stat 

(jump*  into)  the  light  chariot  with  youthful         body,         and  stands 

super,  que  gaudet     contingere      datas  habenas 

above,       and    rejoices    to  touch  the  given          reins     with  (/»'»} 

manibus,  et  inde  agit  grates  invito  parent!. 

hands,  and  then     acts  (renders)  thanks     to  (his)  unwilling      parent 

Interea      volucres   equi         soils,    Pyroeis,    et   Eous, 

Mean-time  the  winged          horses  of  the  sun,  Pyroeis,      and        Eous, 

et  ^Ethon,   que      quartus,  Phlegon,   implent      auras 

and     ^Ethon,        and    the  fourth.  Phlegon,  fill         the  airs 

flammiferis  hinnitibus,  que  pulsant      repagula 

with  fiery  neighings,        and          beat       the  barriers        with 

155]  pedibus.      Quae    postquam    Tethys,    ignara 

(their)       feet.  Which         after-that         Tethys,         ignorant  of  the 

fatorum  nepotis,  reppulit;    et  copia         immensi 

fates  of  (her)  grandson,   thrust-back  ;     and   liberty  of  the  boundless 

mundi       facta-est ;         corripuere  viam,  que 

world      was  made ;  they  seized         (hurried-on)    the  way,         and 

findunt      obstantes  nebulas       pedibus  motis   per 

cleave       the  opposing  mists     with  feet  moved  through  the 

aera,  que  levati  pennis,         prsetereunt  160]  euros 

air,         and    raised  by  (on)     wings,      they  pass-by  the  east-winds 

ortos  de       isdem  partibus.     Sed      pondus  erat  leve  ; 

sprung  from  the  same  parts.  But    the  weight        was      light- 

nec  quod      equi         solis         possent    cognoscere ; 

nor      what   the  horses  of  the  sun     might  be-able     to  know  (to  feel); 

que      jugum      carebat      solita(aJ£.)  gravitate.     Que 

xnd   the  yoke        did  want          the  accustomed  weight.  And 

ut       curvae    naves    labant    sine      justo         pondere, 

BS     the  bent  ships          totter      without  a  just    (due)          weight, 


LIBER    SKCUNDUS.  67 

que      feruntur  instabiles    per       mare         nimia  levi- 

and    are  borne  •  ,idy     through  the  sea      from  too-great  light- 

tate,  sic      currus  dat  saltus,  vacuos      assueto  onere, 

ness,      so    the  chariot     gives   bounds,      void-of  the  accustomed  burden, 

in       aera,  que     succutitur     alte,  que  est  similisl651 

into  the  air,         and    is  tossed  on  high,      and      is          like       to  an 

inani.  Quod   simul-ac      quadrijugi  sens^re, 

empty  (one).      Which     as-soon-as  the  four-yoked       (horses)     perceived, 

ruunt,  que  relinquunt      tritum  spatium;  nee 

they  rush,         and          leave          the  trodden         space ;        nor    do  they 

currunt         ordine     quo  prius.      Ipse   pavet; 

run  in  the  order       in  which   (they  did)  before.       Himself        fears  ; 

nec  scit   qu£  flectat      commissas   habenas, 

nor    does  he  know  where  he  may  turn         the  entrusted  reins, 

nec  qu&       iter       sit ;  nec,  si     sciat  (pres.  sub.), 

nor    where  the  way  may  be;      nor,      if  he  knew,  could  he 

imperet  illis.     Turn  primum      gelidi  Triones          170] 

command    them.         Then        first         the  cold         Triones  (the  seven  stars) 

caluere          radiis,      et  tentarunt  frustra       tingi 

grew-warm  with  sun-beams,  and         tried  in-vain  to  be  dipped  in  the 

vetito  sequore.     Que     serpens  quae  est  posita  proxima 

forbidden  ocean.  And  the  serpent      which    is      placed          nearest 

glaciali    polo,    prius    pigra       frigore,    nec    for- 

to  the  icy  pole,        before       slow    with  cold,  nor         for- 

midabilis     ulli,  incaluit,  que  sumpsit  novas  iras      175] 

midable        to  any,  grew-warmj  and         took          new     angers  from  the 

fervoribus.  Memorant    te    quoque,      Bob'te, 

heats.  They  relate  thee          also,        0  Bootes,     being 

turbatum,  fugisse ;  quamvis         eras  tardus,  et 

disturbed,          to  have  fled ;  although    thou  wast        slow,       and 

tua  plaustra      tenebant  te.     Vero  ut  infelix  Phaeton 

thy       wagons     did  detain  thee.        But    when  unhappy       Phaeton 

despexit  terras  jacentes  penitua  que  penitus 

looked-down  (OH)  the  earth  lying          entirely      and    entirely    (for) 

ab         sumuio   aethere,      paluit,     et         genua   intre- 

froin   tbe  highest  sky,        he  grew-pale,  and  (his)  knees  trem- 

muf-re       subito  timore  :  que  tenebrae  obortae-sunt  180] 

bU-d        with  sudden          i'u:ir:          uiid     darkin-.-  to  (on  kit' 


t)8  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

oculis   per   tantum  lumen.     Et  jam     mallet  hunquam 

eyes       tbrough  so-great      light.         And  now  he  would-rather        never 

tetigisse     pater nos  equos  :   que  jam 

to  have  touched      the  paternal   (hit  father's)   horses :        and    now    it 

piget  agn6sse         genus,    et  valuisse 

grieves  (Aim)  to  have  recognised  (hit)    race,        and  to  have  prevailed  ij 

rogando.     Jam  cupiens         dici  Meropis; 

entreating.         Now    desiring     to  be  called  (the  ton)  of  Merops ;        he  ii 

fertur  ita,  ut         pinus         acta          praecipiti  Borea, 

borne        so,      as  (is)  a  pine    (ship)  driven  by  the  impetuous         Boreas, 

cui          suus  rector   185]  remisit      victa     fraena, 

to  which  (ship)  her      ruler  (pilot)  has  relaxed     the  conquered  bits  (helm), 

quam  reliquit         Dis  que         votis.     Quid 

which     he  has  left  to  the  Gods    and   (his)    vows.         What  may  he 

faciat  ?    multum      coeli          relictum   post          terga ; 

do  ?  much        of  heaven  (was)      left          behind  (hit)     backs ; 

plus  est  ante         oculos :     metitur  utrumque     animo. 

more      is     before  (his)      eyes :     he  measures          each          in  mind. 

Et  modo      prospicit  occasus,         quos     est  non 

And     now     he  looks-forward-to  the  wests      (west),     which   it  is          not 

illi      fato     contingere ;  interdum     respicit 

(possible)    for  him  by  fate     to  reach  ;  sometimes  he  looks-back 

19O]    ortus.         Que  ignarus  quid          agat,      stupet : 

( »ii )  the  easts  (east).     And     ignorant    what  he  may  do,     he  is-stupefied: 

et    nee  remittit      fraena,  nee  valet     retinere ;         nee 

and  neither    loosens   the  bits,          nor    is-able  to  retain       (them) ;     nor 

novit      nomina         equorum.     Quoque  trepidus, 

ha»  he  known  the  names       of  the  horse*.  Also  fearful, 

videt    miracula    sparsa    passim    in       vario    coelo, 

he  sees  wonders        scattered  every-where  in    the  various   heaven, 

que      simulacra     vastarum  ferarum.  Est     locus, 

and   the  images  of  immense       wild-beasts.     There     is    a  place, 

ubi        Scorpios  concavat       brachia  in  geminos  arcus, 

where  the  Scorpion  bends      (his)      arms     into      twin          arches, 

et    105]    caud£  que  lacertis  flexis  utrinque,  porrigit 

and  with  (his)  tail          and        arms          bent   on -either-side,        reaches 

membra  in      spatium  duorum  signorum. 

(tpreads)  (his)  limbs      into  the  space       of  two  signs  (constellati'nui 


LIBER   8ECUNDU8.  O» 

Ut        puer  vidit  hunc  madidum  sudore       nigri 

When  the  boy        saw      him  moist      with  the  perspiration  of  black 

veneni,  minitantem  vulnera  curvat£  cuspide, 

poison        oft-threatening     wounds    with  the  bent         spear-points  (of  hif 

inops         mentis,     remisit      lora      2OO]      gelida 

tail),   destitute     of  mind,         he  let-go       the  thongs  (reint)  from  cold 

formidine.     Quse  jacentia   postquam         tetig£re 

terror.  Which  (reins)  lying- down       after- that     they  touched 

summum   tergum,      equi     expatiantur :    que   nullo 

the  highest  back,       the  horses  roam :  and         none 

inhibente,  eunt  per  auras         ignotoe  regionis ; 

checking      (them),  they  go    through     airs      of  an  unknown          region , 

que  qusl         impetus       egit,  ruunt     hac 

and    where  (their)  violence    has  driven  (them),  they  rush     by  this    (way) 

sine     lege ;   que         incursant         stellis   fixis   sub 

without    law ;       and     they  rush-on        to  the  stars          fixed    under  the 

[alto]  aethere,  que  rapiunt  currum  per    avia.   205]  Et 

high         sky,         and     snatch  the  chariot  through  devious  (ways).  And 

modo         petunt     summa,  modo      feruntur  per 

now        they  seek       the  highest     (placet),      now     are  borne       through 

declivia,  que  precipites  vias         spatio  propiore 

slanting       (places),  and          steep  ways    in  a  space  nearer 

terrae.     Que      Luna  admiratur        fraternos 

to  the  earth.          And  the  Moon         wonders      (that)    fraternal       (her 

equos    currere    inferiils  suis :      que 

brother'*)     horses  run  lower         (than)  her-own :       and    the 

ambusta  nubila  fumant.     Ut   quaeque  tellus      altissi- 

scorched         clouds         smoke.          As          each          land  (was)      high- 
ma,         corripitur         flammis ;    que  fisa     agit      210] 

eat,      it  is  caught          by  the  flames;  and    cleft    it  acts      (forms) 

rimas,    et       succis  ademptis     aret.          Pabula 

chinks,     and  the  moistures    being  taken-away  it  dries-up.     The  fodders 

canescunt :       arbos     uritur  cum      frondibus :  que 

grow-white :       the  tree         is  burnt       with  the  leaves :  and    the 

arida  seges   praebet   materiam         suo      damno. 

dry     (parched)    crop        furnishes         material       for  its-own  destruction. 

Queror  parva.  Magnse  urbes  pereunt  cum 

i  oomplain-of  small   (thing*),         Great         cities  perish         with    thr 


70  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

inoenibus;  que215]incendia  vertunt  tolas  gentes  cuff 

walls;  and  the  fires  turn          whole      nations        witk 

suis  populis  in  cinerem  (sing. ) :  sylvae  ardent  cum 

tbeir      peoples     into      ashes :  woods        burn        with   th« 

montibus.     Athos  ardet,  que  Cilix  Taurus,  et  Tmolus, 

mountains.  Athos      burns,     and  Cilician  Taurus,     and       Tmolus, 

et  (Ete,  et  Ide  nunc  sicca,  prius  celeberrima     fonti- 

and  (Ete,     and  Ida      now        dry,       before    most-renown&d    by  foun- 

bus ;  que      virgineus  Helicon,  et  Hsemos  nondum 

tains ;     and  the  virgin  Helicon,     and    Haemos       not-yet  (called) 

(Eagrius.     JEtne  ardet  in      immensum  220]  geminatis 

(Eagrian.  ^Etua     burns  unto  an  immense  (degree)  with  doubled 

ignibus,  que  biceps  Parnassus,  et  Eryx,  et  Cynthus, 

fires,  and  two-headed     Parnassus,    and    Eryx,     and         Cynthus, 

et  Othrys,  et  Rhodope  tandem  caritura  nivibus,  que 

and   Othrys,    and      Rhodope       at-leugth  about-to-want    snows,         and 

Mimas,  que  Dindyma,  et  Mycale,  que  Cithaeron  natus 

Mimas,        and      Dindyma,      and     Mycale,      and       Cithaeron          born 

ad  sacra.  Nee       sua  frigora  prosunt 

(created)     to     sacred   (rites).      Nor  (do)     its         colds  profit  (avail) 

Scythiae :  Caucasus  ardet  que  Ossa  cum  Pindo,  que 

to  Scythia :  Caucasus        burns      and     Ossa      with    Pindus,      and 

Olympus  major  225  "ambobus:   que      ae'riae  Alpes,  et 

Olympus         greater  (than)      both :  and  the  lofty  Alps,     and 

nubifer    Apenninus.     Tune   vero   Phaeton   aspicit 

cloud-bearing    Apennine.  Then       truly       Phaeton        beholds    the 

orbem  accensum  e  cunctis  partibus ;  nee  sustinet 

globe          inflamed    from      all  parts ;          nor  (can  he)       endure 

tantos  sestus :  que  trahit  ore  ferventes  auras, 

io-great      heats :       and       draws    with  (hit)  mouth   scorching  airs, 

velut  &      profunda   fornace,    que   sentit   suos  currus 

»2-if     from  a  deep  furnace,        and   perceives  his-own  chariots 

candescere.     Et  neque230]potest  jam    ferre     cineres 

to  be-'.in-fire.  And  neither  is  he  able         now  to  bear    the  ashes 

que     ejectam  favillam  (sing.)  ;  que   involvitur  undique 

and  the  emitted          embers;  and  is  involved     on-every-side 

calido  fumo.     Que  tectus         picea  caligine,      neecit 

in  hot          imoke.        And    covered  with  a  pitchy    darkness,  he  knowi-not 


LIBER   SECUNDU8.  7- 

quo  eat,  aut    ubi  sit;  et 

whither     he  may  go     (he  goe»),       or      whore    he  may  be    (he  it) ;     an< 

raptatur  arbitrio         volucrum  equorum. 

is  dragged     by  (at)  the  will  of  the  fleet  horses.      (People. 

Credunt      populos         JEthiopum  turn          traxisse 

believe         the  peoples      of  the  Ethiopians        then  to  have  drawn    (con- 

nigrum  colorem,      sanguine         vocato       2351 

trotted)  a  black  colour,      the  blood  being  called      (attracted) 

in        summa  corpora.  Turn  Libye 

into  the  highest          bodies     (the  lur/aee  of  their  bodie»).     Then      Libya 

facta-est   arida,      humoribus         raptis:  turn 

was  made  dry,     the  moistures        being  snatched-away :      then 

Nymphae   deflev£re   que          fontes   que    lacus 

the  Nymphs  lamented        both  (their)  fountains  and       lakes     with 

passis     comis.       Boeotia     quaeritur     Dircen,     Argos 

dishevelled     hair.  Bosotla        complains-for       Dirce,  Argos 

Amymonen,      Ephyre      Pirenidas    undas.      Nec240] 

Auiymone,  Ephyre     the  Pirenidian  waves.         Neither   the 

flumina          sortita  ripas  distantes     loco  manent  tuta  : 

rivers     having  had-by-lot  banks       distant        in  place     remain        safe : 

Tanais  fumavit  in     mediis  undis,  que  senex  Peneos, 

the  Tanais        smoked      in  the  middle      waves,     and       old  Peneus, 

que    Teuthranteus    Ca'icus,    et    celer    Ismenos,    cum 

and          Teuthrantian  Ca'icus,       and      rapid        Ismenos,          with 

Phoca'ico  Erymantho,   que  Xanthus    arsurus   iterum, 

Phocean  Erymanthus,        and       Xantbus     about-to-burn        again, 

que   flavus   Lycormas,245]queMaeamdros,    qui   ludit   in 

and       yellow       Lycormas,          and         Maeandros,      which    sports      in 

recurvatis  undis,   que  Mygdonius  Melas,  et  Taenarius 

crooked  waves,      and      Mygdonian         Melas,     and        Taenariau 

Eurotas.      Et   Babylonius   Euphrates    arsit,    Orontes 

Eurotas.  And        Babylonian         Euphrates        burned,         Orontes 

arsit,   que  citus  Thermodon,   que   Ganges,   et  Phasis 

'•nniu'1,    uiid      swift        Thermodon,         and       Ganges,      and       Phasis 

ct  Ister.    Alpheos  aestuat:  250]Spercheides  ripae  ardent : 

;iuil  Istcr.         Alpheus        boils:       the  Sperchiun  banks          burn: 

que      aurum,    quod   Tagus   vehit     suo  amne,   fluit 

and    the  gold,  which       Tagus     conveys  in  his       river,       flows    in 


72  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

ignibus.     Bt      flumineae  volucres,     quse      celebr&rant 

6?ei.  And  the  river  birds  (iwant),  which  had  ennobled 

Mseonias  ripas     carmine,  caluSre     medio  Caystro. 

the  Mseonian        banks  by  song,  grow-hot  in  middle          Cayster. 

Nilus  perterritus  fugit  in      extremum  orbem,  que 

The  Nile  affrighted        fled      into  the  most-remote       globe,       and 

occuluit256]  caput,  quod  latet  adhuc  ;       septem  pulve- 

concealed    (hi*)     head,      which  lies-hid    yet;        the  seven  duty 

rulenta  Ostia  vacant       septem  valles  sine     flumine. 

Mouths  are-empty  (a»)   seven       valleys  without  a  river. 

Eadem  fors  siccat      Ismarios,  Hebrum  cum 

The  same        chance     dries     the  Ismarian       (riven),       Hebrus        with 

Strymone,  que      Hesperios  amnes,      Rhenum,  que 

Strymon,  and  the  Hesperian          rivers,     the  Rhine,  and   the 

Rhodanum,    que       Padum,    que       Tybrin,       cui 

Rhone,  and    the  Po,  and    the  Tyber,          to  which  the 

potentia     rerum   fuit   promissa.     Omne      solum   dis- 

power          of  things        was        promised.  All      the  ground  sfcvrts- 

silit;      que      lumen  penetrat  260]  rimis    in    Tartara, 

asunder;     and  the  light          penetrates  by  the  chinks    into        Tartarus, 

et     terret        infernum   regem   cum         conjuge.     Et 

and    affrights    the  infernal  king         with  (hit)       wife.  And 

mare     contrahitur ;  que   quod   modo    erat  pontus, 

the  sea        is  contracted;  and      what      lately        was  cea, 

eat     campus     siccae   arenae :    que      montes,    quos 

is        a  plain        of  dry  sand :         and  the  mountains,    which    the 

altum  aequor       texerat,  exsistunt,  et  augent 

deep          ocean     had  covered,        stand-out  (project),  and    increase   th« 

sparsas    Cycladas.          Pisces   petunt       ima:       265] 

scattered        Cyclades.         The  fishes  seek      the  lowest    (placet) : 

nec   audent      curvi   delphines  tollere      se     super 

nor          dare      the  crooked       dolphins          raise    themselves  above   the 

sequora  in      consuetas  auras.         Corpora     phocarum 

seas  into  the  accustomed       airs.        The  bodies         of  sea-calves 

resupina  natant  exanimata          summo 

on-the-back      float  lifeless       on  the  highest  (on  the  ntrfaee  of  the) 

profundo.  Est  quoque     fama,          Nerea   ipsum, 

deep.  There    is          aJ«o        a  report,    (than    Nereni       himself 


LIBER   SECUNDC8.  78 

que    Dorida,    et     natas  latuissc   sub        tepidis 

and          Doris,        and  daughters  to  hare  Iain-hid     under    the  warm 

antris.      Ter   Neptunus        ausus-erat     exserere  270] 

caverns.        Thrice      Neptune        had  dared  to  thrust-ouf      (Ai») 

brachia  aquis   cum   torvo    vultu :       ter      tulit 

arms          from  the  waters       with       grim    countenance :    thrice  he  bore 

non      aestus         ae'ris.     Tamen      alma  Tellus,  ut 

not    the  heats      of  the  air.  However  the  bountiful  Earth,      as    th« 

erat   circumdata          ponto  inter       aquas          pelagi, 

was          surrounded     by  the  ocean      among  the  waters    of  the  deep, 

que     fontes   contractos     undique,     qui     condiderant 

and  the  fountains  drawn-together  from-every-side,  which  had  hidden 

se  in      viscera  opacae  matris,  arida     275] 

themselves  into  the  bowels  of  (their)  dark          mother,       dry    (parched) 

sustulit   omniferos   vultus   tenus          collo,  que 

lifted-up      all-producing       looks       as-far-as  (her)    neck    (breast),     and 

opposuit          manum  fronti,     que    concutiens 

placed  (her)      band         to   (her)   forehead,       and  shaking 

omnia  magno   tremore   subsedit     paulum,   et 

all         (things)   with  great          trembling          sank        a  little,  and 

fuit  infra  quam         solet         ease ;  que  locuta-est 

was  beneath  (lower)    than   she  is  accustomed  to  be  ;       and  spoke 

ita         sicca"  voce :    "  0    summe          Deum,    si 

thus  with  dry    (parched)    voice:         "0       highest    of  the  Gods,  if 

hoc   placet,    que  merui,        quid       tua   fulmiua 

this       pleases,       and     I  have  deserved  (it),    why  (do)  thy     lightnings 

cessant  ?  liceat     280]        periturae  viribus 

cease  ?  it  may  be-lawful  (for  me)  about-to-perish  by  the  forces       of 

ignis,     perire  tuo  igne,  que     levare    cladem 

tire,        to  perish      (rather)   by  thy       fire,       and    to  alleviate  destruction 

auctore.  Vix  equidem   resolvo 

by  (thy  being)  the  author       (of  it).     Scarcely   indeed      I  unloose    (my) 

fauces   in    haec   verba    ipsa."  Vapor       pres- 

jaws        unto  these      words  themselves."     (For)  the  vapour   had        op- 

serat  ora.         "  En !    aspice          crines    tostos ! 

pressed    (her)   inoutb?.  "Lo!         behold     (my)      hairs        scorched  I 

Que     tantum     favillse  (sing.)  in       oculis,          tanthm 

And    so  much         of  uhei  in  (my)   eyes,  (and)  so  much 


74  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

super          ora.  Ne  refers      mihi    hos 

upon        (my)  features.         Whether     dost  thou  return        >o  me      |  these 

fructus,  hunc  honorem  285] 

fruits,  this          honour     [this  as  a  recompense,  this  as  a  reward]  of 

fertilitatis   que   officii,       qudd     fero        vulnera 

fruitfulness        and        duty,    (in)     that     I  bear      the  wounds       of  the 

adunci    aratri    que      rastrorum,    que      exerceor 

crooked       plough       and     of  rakes,  and  am  exercised    in  the 

toto  anno  ?     Quod   ministro  frondes   pecori,  que  mitia 

whole    year?          That    I  supply  leaves     to  cattle,        and       mild 

alimenta,    fruges          humano    generi,    quod 

nourishments,     fruits      to  the  human  race,  that    (7  tupply) 

thura(j»Z.)     vobis?     Sed  tamen,  fac  me 

frankincense     to  you?  But     however,  make  (luppote)  me    to  have 

meruisse  exitium ;  quid  undse,      290]      quid 

deserved       destruction  ;     why  (have)  the  waves  (deserved  this),  why  'has 

frater  meruit?  Cur  sequora  tradita 

(t hy)  brother     'deserved   (this)?     Why   (do)  the  seas  delivered  to 

illi      sorte   descrescunt,    et       absunt    longius   ab 

him  by  lot  decrease,          and  are  distant          farther      from  tht 

sethere  ?     Quod  si  nee       gratia  fratris,  nee  mea 

sky?  But      if  neither  the  favour    of  (thy)  brother,      nor     mine 

tangit   te,    at  miserere     tui  coeli.     Circumspice 

touches     thee,  but  (let  the)  pity  of  thy  heaven.       Look-round-on 

utrumque  ;  uterque  polus  fumat ;  quos  si      ignis 

each  (pole) ;         each  pole      smokes ;      which   if  the  fire 

295]        vitiaverit  vestra  atria         ruent.     En,  Atlas 

shall  have    injured  your        halls      will  tumble.         Lo,         Atlas 

ipse  laborat !  que         vix   sustinet      candentem  axem 

himself  labours!       and    'he  hardly    'supports   the  burning  axle 

suis   humeris.     Si      freta,   si      terrae,   si      regia 

with  his        shoulders.        If   the  straits,     if  the  lands,        if  the  palace 

coeli      pereunt,  confundimur    in        antiquum 

of  heavrn        perish,        we  are  confounded  into  the  ancient 

Cliaos.     Si  quid         superest  adhuc,  eripe 

Chan...  If     any  (thing)  remains        as-yet,      snatch    (it)   from  the 

flammis ;       et      consule  summae  300] 

Hamus;  |  and  consult         for  the  height        (chief  concern)  of 


LIBER   SECUNDUS.  76 

rerum."  Tellus 

things  "  [and  provide  for  the  preservation  of  the  universe].     The  Earth 

dixerat    haec:  enim  neque    potuit 

had   said  these    (icordt) :        for       she-Vas  neither         'able       U 

tolerare      vaporem  ulterius,   nee     dicere  plura :  que 

endure         the  vapour  farther,         nor    to  say  more :        and 

retulit  suum  os  in     se,    que     antra  propiora 

•he  withdrew     her   mouth  (face)  into  herself,  and  the  caverns  nearer 

Manibus.     At      omnipotens  Pater  testatus-est 

to  the  Manes.  But  the  omnipotent         Father       |  attested       the 

Superos,  et  ipsum,       qui       dederat 

Deities,  [called  the  Gods  to  witness,]  and     him  (also),  who  had  given 

currus,         omnia     805]       interitura       gravi  fato, 

the  chariots,  (that)     all    (things)  (were)  ahout-to-perish  by  heavy       fate, 

nisi  ferat   opem ;    arduus      petit       summam 

unless   he  should  bring        help;  lofty       he  seeks      the  highest 

arcem,    unde          solet  inducere   nubes         latis 

citadel,       whence   he  is  accustomed  to  draw-on  clouds  to  the  broad 

terris ;  unde     movet      tonitrus,   que  jactat      vibrata 

lands;       whence  he  moves    the  thunders,        and      throws    the   agitated 

fulmina.     Sed  neque  habuit  tune  nubes,  quas 

lightnings.        But     neither      had  he      then      clouds,     which    he  might 

posset     inducere         terris ;    nee  imbres,  quos      310] 

be-able    to  draw-on       to  the  earth ;         nor        rains,       which  he  might 

demitteret         coelo.          Intonat :    et   misit      fulmen 

send-down        from  heaven.      He  thunders :       and    sends    the  lightning 

libratum     in          aurigam     ab         dextra    aure,    que 

poised  against  the  charioteer      from    the  right  ear,          and 

expulit         pariter  que         anima  que  rotis,    et 

drove        (Aim)  equally      both   from  life  and  from  the  wheels,  and 

compeseuit      ignes      saevis    ignibus.  Equi      con- 

restrained          the  fires       by  cruel  fires.  The  horses    are  con- 

Bternaritur,  et     saltu         facto  in       contraria, 

founded,  and  a  bound  being  made    into  the  opposite    (parti),   they 

excutiunt  colla    816]    jugo,    que    relinquunt 

shake  (their)    necks    from  the  yoke,         and  leave  the 

abrupta  lora.         Froena  jacent  illic,      axis  revulsua 

burst          thongs.     The  reins  lie         there,    the  axle  torn 


76  OVIDII    MKTAMORPH. 

temone  illic  ;       radii        fractarum  rotarum  in 

froifc  the  pole  there  ;    the  spokes  of  the  broken  wheels         ii 

h£c  parte  ;  que  vestigia        laceri  currus  suut  sparsa 

this       part  ;        and        traces     of  the  torn          chariot       are     scattered 


At   Phaeton,       flammfi,  populante          rutilos 

widely.       But      Phaeton,       the  flames  ravaging      (his)  red 

capillos,     volvitur   in-praeceps,    que     fertur   per  3201 

locks,  is  rolled  headlong,  and  is  borne     through      the 

ae'ra     longo  tractu  ;  ut  interdum     stella,    etsi 

air       in  long          space;        as      sometimes     a  star,        although  it-'hs/i 

non  cecidit   de       sereno   coelo,   potuit     videri 

not         'fallen    from   the  serene       heaven,   was-able  to  seem       to  have 

cecidisse.      Quern       maximus   Eridanus  excipit 

fallen.  Whom    the  very-great        Eridanus     (the  Po)     receives 

procul    a  patria         diverse    orbe;  que 

far-off      from    (his)     country     in  a  different          orb    (climate)  ;         and 

abluit         spumantia  ora. 

washes    (hit)        foaming      mouths  (fact). 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  II.  326—368.) 

SORORES  PHAETONTIS   IN   ABBORE8. 

THE  SISTERS       OP  PHAETON        INTO    TREES. 

Hesperige  Naiades  dant      tumulo      corpora 

The  Hesperian          Naiads        gave  to  a  tomb        the  bodies       (limbt) 

fumantia  trifida  flarnma1;  que  signant      saxum 

smoking   with  the  three-pronged   flame;        and          mark      the  rock 

hoc   carmine  :     "  Hie   Phaeton,        auriga 

'lombitone)  with  this          verse :  "  Here       Phaeton,     the  charioteer 

paterni  currus,  est  situs ;  quern     si         tenuit 

of    (kit)    paternal      chariot,       is     situate ;     which  although  he  kept 

non,    tamen      excidit         magnis   ausis."      (Nam) 

not,        however  he  fell  from  great          attempts."          For      (kit) 

miserabilis  pater,  [obductos]       aegro  luctu, 

wretched  father,  (his  face)     overspread    with  sick        sorrow,    had 

eondiderat         vultus:  et,  si  modo      credimus,        5] 

bidden  (hit)      looks :     and,    if      only     we  believe          (it),  they 


LIBER   SECUNDUS.  77 

ferunt  unum   diem  isse   sine      sole.     Incendia 

report  one  day      to  have  gone  without   a  sun.  Fire; 

praebebant  lumen;  que         fuit  aliquis  usus         in 

did  afford  light;         and  (there) was       some          use  (help)   in 

illo  malo.     At  Clymene,  postquam      durit  quaecunque 

that    evil.          But     Clymene,         after- that    she  said  whatsoever 

fuerunt   dicenda   in    tantis   malis,   lugubris  et 

(tkingt)         were          to-be-said      in     so-great      evil,         sorrowful    and 

amens,    et   laniata  sinus,    percensuit  10] 

insane,       and         torn      (a*  to)  the  bosoms,         reviewed   (traversed)  the 

totum  orbem,  que  prime  requirens      examines  artus, 

whole         globe,       and        first          seeking       the  lifeless  limbs, 

mox  ossa,    tamen      repperit      ossa   condita 

iuon-after    the  bones,      however  she  found          the  bones       buried      in  a 

peregrin^  ripS, ;  que  incubuit  loco,  que  perfudit 

foreign  bank ;      and     lay-down  to  (on)  the  place,    and      drenched 

lacrymis      nomen  lectum  marmore,  et      fovit 

with  tears  the  name          read     (on)  the  marble,  and  cherished 

aperto    pectore.      Nee    minus  Heliades 

(ft)   with  open  breast.  Nor          less       (do)  the  Heliades 

15]          dant     fletus      et  lacrymas,  inania        munera 

(the  nitert)  give  lamentations  and         tears,          empty  (vain)  gift! 

morti ;  et  caesae  pectora  palmis, 

to  death  ;      and  beaten    (at  to)    the  breasts       with  (their)  palms  (hand*) 

vocant     nocte  que     die  Phaetonta  auditurum  non 

they  call          by  night       and  by  day       Phaeton         about-to-hear     noi 

miseras  querelas,  que      asternuntur  sepulcro. 

the  wretched     complaints,     and  are  strewed  to  (on)  the  sepulchre. 

Luna        impl£rat         orbem   quater,  cornibus 

The  Moon     had  filled  (her)       orb        four-times,    (her)  horn 

junctis ;  illse      dederant     plangorem     suo  more, 

being  joined;          they  had  given  a  lamentation     in  their  manner, 

(nam  usus20]fecerat  morem) :     £     quis  Phaethusa, 

(for  use   had  made  custom) :     out-of  whom     Phaethusa,     the 

maxima  sororum,  questa-est         pecles 

greatest       (eldett)   of  the  sisters,  complained    (her)     feet    to  have 

iliriguisse,  ciim  vellet  (imp.  sub.)   procumber* 

(Crown-stiff,         when     she  might  will     (did  will)  to  fall- down 


78  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

terrae  ;  ad  quam     Candida  Lampetie  conata 

t.,  the  earth;        to     whom  the  fair  Lampetie    having  endeavoured 

25]       venire,     retenta-est         subita  radice.      Tertia 

to  come,     was  detained         with  a  sudden        root.     The  third 

avellit      frondes,   cum  pararet  (imp.  sub.) 

teare-away      leaves,          when  she  might  (did)  prepare 

laniare         crinem  manibus.     Haec         dolet 

to  tear  (her)  hair          with  (7«r)  hands.  This    (one)  grieves 

crura         teneri         stipite,    ilia          sua    brachia 

(her)  legs       to  be  held         in  a  trunk,  that  (one)    her  armi 

fieri   longos   ramos.     Que    dum         mirantur    ea, 

to  be  made       long          boughs.          And      whilst  they  wonder-at       those 

cortex  complectitur  inguina  (pi) ;  que  per 

(thingt),   bark  embraces          (their)     middle:  and        bj 

gradus        ambit  uterum,    que        pectus,    que 

degrees         it  encompasses     the  womb,  :md     the  breast,  and 

30]         humeros,  que       manus ;  et  tantum  ora 

the  shoulders,         and  the  hands;         and       only     (their)  inoutba 

vocantia   matrem         exstabant.     Quid  mater 

calling  mother          did  project.  What    'may    the  mother 

facial?    nisi  eat   hue   atque   illuc,   quo  impetus 

'do?  unless  she  may  go    hither       and       thither,  where        violence 

trahat  illam  ?    et        jungat  oscula,  dum        licet  ? 

may  draw  her?      andmayunite  kisses,      whilst  it  is-lawful? 

Est    non    satis;        tentat      avellere       corpora 

( Thii)     if          not      enough ;    she  attempts  to  tear-away    the  bodies 

truncis,      et        abrumpere         teneros    ramos 

from  the  trunks,  and      to  break-off  the  tender  boughs 

86]  manibus ;  at  sanguineae  guttse  manant  inde, 

with  (her)    hands;       but         bloody          drops          flow       thence, 

tanquam  de    vulnere.    Quaecunque  est  saucia  clamat, 

fts-if  from  a  wound.  Whichever         is     wounded    exclaims, 

"  Mater,   parce,    precor ;   parce,    precor ;    nostrum 

"  0       mother,        spare,    I  pray ;  spare,    I  pray :  our 

corpus     laceratur   in        arbore ;    que    jam       vale." 

«.udy         is  torn  in     the  tree ;  and       now         farewell." 

Cortex  venit  in  novissima         verba.     Inde 

toe  bark  came    in    (at)  the  newest  (latt)     words.      Thenc< 


LIBER    SKCUNDU8.  79 

tcrymae   fluunt ;    que       electva  stillata  sole   de 

«an  flow ;        and    the  ambers        distilled     >. y  the  sun     from 

novis     ramis     rigescunt ;      quae         lucidus        [40 

the  new          branches       grow-stiff;  which     the  transparent 

amnis     excipit,      et     mittit         gestanda        Latinis 

river  receives,         and       sends          to  be-worn         to  (by)  Latin 

nuribus. 

daughten-in-law  (young  ladiet.) 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  II.  367—400.) 

OTONU8  IN  OLOREM. 

(CHANGED)   INTO    A   SWAN. 


Cycnus,  Stheneleia  proles,       adfuit     huic  monstro, 

Cycnus,         Stheneleian    offspring,  was  present   to  this  prodigy, 

qui    quamvis    junctus      tibi     a     materno    sanguine, 

who       although          joined        to  thee     from     maternal  blood, 

Phaeton,    tamen    fuit    propior  mente.     Hie, 

0     Phaeton,          however      was        nearer      (thee)  in  mind.  |  He, 

imperio         relicto,  (nam 

(hit)  power        being  left,      [He,  having  left  his  kingdom,]  (for    he  had 

rexerat        populos  Ligurum,    et   magnas    urbes) 

ruled  the  peoples        of  the  Ligurians,        and    great  cities,) 

implerat       querelis      virides  ripas,  que     amnem      [5 

filled  with  complaints  the  green         banks,     and  the  river 

Eridanum,  que      sylvam  auctam          sororibus; 

Eridanus,       [the  Po,]    and  the  wood          increased  by  the  sisters  ; 

cum         vox  est  tenuata  viro  ;  que  canae  plumae 

when    (hit)  voice     is     enfeebled    for  (the)  man  ;      and     hoary      feathers 

dissimulant         capillos  ;    que     longum  collum      por- 

disguise  (At»)  locks;  and    along  neck       is      ez- 

rigitur    a          pectore,    que      junctura          ligat 

tended       from  (hit)  breast,  and      a  joining         ("•''<)     biuds      the 

rubentes   digitos  ;  penna  vestit          latus  ; 

reddening          fingers     [toes]  ;  a  feather    [wing]    clothea  (hi»)        side  ; 

os      tenet     rostrum  sine    acumine:  Cycnus    [io 

(kit  >  mouth    hoMd     a  beak  without  a  point:  ('ycuui 

i 


80  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

fit  nova  avis ;     nee  credit     se     que     coelo  que 

becomes  anew        bird;        nor        trusts  himself  both  to  heaven    and 

Jovi,     ut  memor          ignis    injuste"    missi   ab   illo. 

to  Jupiter,      as     mindful    of  the  fire         unjustly       sent        by      him. 

Petit      stagna   que   patulos   lacus;  que      perosus 

'.•ks    the  ponds          and        wide  lakes;      and  greatly -hating 

ignem      eligit       fiumina   contraria   flammis,    quw 

the  fire  be  selects  the  rivers  adverse     to  flames,  which 

colat.     Interea     genitor  Phaetontis     squalidus, 

he  aaay  inhabit.       Meantime  the  father  of  Phaeton          (wan)  dirty, 

15j    et   ipse   expers       sui   decoris,  qualis  solet 

and  himself  void        ofhis-own  beauty,      such-as  he  is  accustomed 

esse,  quum     deficit  orbem  ;  que  ipse  odit 

to  be,         when     he  fails  (eclipsfg)  the  globe  ;        and  himself  hated  (hatei) 

que       lucem,    que     se     que       diem ;    que     dat 

both   the  light,  and   himself    and    the  day  ;  and  he  gives  (hit) 

animuru   in  luctus ;    et    adjicit    iram      luctibus ;    que 

mind  unto    griefs;       and         adds        anger    to  griefs;  and 

negat         officium         mundo.     "  Mea  sors,"  iriquit, 

denies     (his)   office          to  the  world.  "  My         lot,"       says        lie, 

"  fuit  irrequieta  satis  ab        principiis      sevi :    que 

"  has  been    troublesome     enough  from  the  beginnings      of  age  :          and 

20]       piget  laborum  actorum  mibi  sine  fine, 

it  grieves  (me)  of  labours  acted       to  (ly)  me     without    end, 

sine     bonore.       Quilibet    alter       agat  currus 

without  honour.  Auy          other    may  act     (drive)    the  chariots 

portantes  lumina.     Si         est  nemo,  que  omnes     dei 

carrying  lights.          If  (there)  is      no-one,      and         all     the  gods 

fatentur  non     posse,    ipse  agat :    ut,    dum 

confess  not     to  lie-able,  himself  (Jupiter)  may  drive ;      that,   whil*i 

tentat  nostras  habenas,  ponat  saltern  aliquandt 

he  tries  our  reins,        he  may  lay-aside  at-least        some-tiuie 

25]         fulmina    orbatura    patres.  Tune          expertus 

the  lightnings  about-to-bereave  fathers.      Then  having  experienced 

vires          ignipedum    equorum,  sciet 

the  forces    of  the  flame-footed  horses,        he  will  know    (the  pertan  ) 

qui  rexerit  illos  non  bene,  meruisse  non 

•  bo   may  have  riled  them      not      well,     to  have  deserved  out 


LIBER    SECUNDUS.  81 

necem."       Orania        numina    circumstant         Solem 

death."  All          the  deities  surround  the  Sun 

dicentem  talia  :  ve  rogant  supplice  voce, 

•aying  such    (things):  or     entreat   (him)    with  suppliant       voice, 

ne-velit    inducere  tenebras    rebus.     Jupiter 

(that)  he  may  not-will     to  draw-on         darknesses  to  things.  Jupiter 

quoque    excusat        missos    ignes,    que   regaliter    [30 

also  excuses       the  sent  fires,         and      imperiously 

addit    rainas      precibus.      Phoebus    colligit        equos 

adds          threats      to  prayers.  Phoebus          collects       the  horses 

amentes,  et  adhuc  paventes         terrore ;    que    dolens 

furious,          and    as-yet       trembling      with  terror;  and    cudgeling 

saevit  stimulo  et       verbere ;  enim     ssevit, 

(tfiem)  he  rages  with  the  whip         and  with  la?h  ;  for      he  rages, 

que    objectat    et   imputat         natum     illis. 

and      reproaches    and     imputes     (his)      son       to  them. 


(FAB.  IV.     (Metam.  Lib.  II.  760-796.) 

DOMU8    INVIDI^E. 
THE  ABODE  OF  ENVT. 

Protinus  petit       tecta  Invidiae, 

Immediately   she  [Minerva]  seeks     the  roofs  [abode]   of  Envy, 

squalentia        nigro  tabo.         Domus  est  abdita  in 

being  filthy  with  black      gore.    (Her)  house         is         hid         in 

imis    vallibus  antri,      carens         sole,    non 

the  deepest  valleys  [recesses]  of  a  cave,  wanting      the  sun,  not 

pervia     ulli   vento ;    tristis,   et         plenissima   ignavi 

pervious  to  any       wind;  >li.-inal,     and  most  full  of  listless 

frigoris,  et  qune  semper  vacet  igne,  semper 

cold,  and   which      ever       may  be  [was]  void    of  fire,  ever 

abundet  caligine.  Ubi     virago  metuenda      js 

m:iy  al>uund  [abounded]  with  mist.     \Vrhen  the  heroine          dreadful 

bello       pervenit  hue,       constitit  ante       domum ; 

in  war     had  arrived  In  f,    *he  stood  before  the  house  [cave]  ; 

(ncquc  enim          halu-t        fas     succedere  tectis  ;) 

(nor  indeed  dors  shu  h<i|.l  (iij  ri^ht  to  enter         int<i  (these)  al> 


82  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

et  pulsat     posies  extremS,  cuspide. 

and  strikes  the  door-posts  with  |  (the)  extreme        spear   [the  point  of  bei 

Fores        concussae  patuere.     Videt  Invidiam 

ipearj.     The  doors  being  shaken  opened.     She  saw  Envj 

intus  edentem      carnes  vipereas,       alimenta     suorum 

within     devouring    the  flesh  of-vipers,    the  nourishments  of  her 

10]    vitiorum ;  que          visa          avertit  oculos. 

vices;  and   being  seen         she  turns-away  (her)          ey«g. 

At  ilia  surgit  pigr£  humo,  que  relinquit  corpora 

But   she      rises     heavily  from  the  ground,    and    leaves  the  bodies 

semesarum  serpentum :  que  incedit  inerti  passu. 

of  half-devoured        serpents:         and   stalks-on  with  an  indolent      pace. 

Que     ut  vidit       deain  decoram  que     forma  que 

And  as-soon-as  she  saw      the  goddess     beautiful    both  in  fown          and 

armis,      imgemuit,    que    duxit   suspiria  cultu 

in  armour,  she  groaned,  and       drew       deep-sighs   for  the  honour 

16]  dese.       Pallor  sedet  in  ore,          macies 

of  the  goddess.     Paleness     site     upon  (her)  countenance,  leanness 

in          toto   corpore,        acies          nusquam   recta, 

(is)  in  (her)  whole      body,       (her)  glances    |  (are)      never  direct, 

dentes  livent        rubigine,         pectora 

[are  distorted,]   (her)   teeth      are-black  with  tartar  (her)       breasts 

virent         felle,  lingua     est    suffusa          veneno. 

overflow  with  gall,       (her)     tongue          is      overspread   with  poison. 

Risus      abest,     nisi       dolores  visi  mov£re 

Laughter  is  absent,      unless  the  miseries  (of  men)  seen    may  have  caused 

(ali-)  quern.         Nee,  excita  vigilantibus  curis,     fruitur 

some  (laughter).    Nor,     excited  with  watchful       cares,  does  she  enjoy 

20]    sonino,  sed  videt  ingratos   successus 

sleep,         but    beholds  the  (to  herself )  ungrateful  successes 

hominum,  que  intabescit        videndo.     Que      carpit. 

of  men,  and    pines-away   with  seeing.  And  she  torments, 

et          una  carpitur:   que    est    suum 

and   at-tbe-same-time    she  (herself )  is  tormented  :      and       ia      her-own 

supplicium.     Tritonia  quamvis       oderit   tarn  en 

I'unishtnent.  Tritonia  [Minerva]   ulthough     she  hated  yei 

adfata-est    illam    breviter         talibus    dictis :     "  Infice 

vldressed  her          briefly        with  these  words:  "  Taim 


LIBER    SECUNDUS.  83 

tufi  tabe  unam         natarum  Cecropis :       sic     eat 

with   thy     poison      one     of  the  daughters  of  Cecrops :     (for)  so    it  is 

opus.     Ea         est  Aglauros."     Hand         locuta    [25 

needful.    That  (one)  is        Aglaurus."  Not     having  said 

plura     fugit :  et  repulit     tellurem        hastS,  impress^. 

more   she  fled ;         and  repelled  the  earth     with  (her)  spear  thnirt 

Ilia  cernens        deam  fugientem         oblique 

(against  it).       She     regarding    the  goddess     fleeing     |  with  an  oblique 

lumine,  dedit     parva    murmura,    que    indoluit 

eye,  [askant,]  uttered   a  few  murmurs,          and      grieved-at 

successurum     Minervae ;  que       capit         baculum, 

the  successes  of  Minerva;  and    she  takes     (her)  staff, 

quern  [quod]  tortum  vincula  spinea  cingebant,  que    [30 

which          (as)  a  wreath          bands     of-thorns      encircled,        and 

adoperta     atris    nubibus,    quacunque   ingreditur, 

being  veiled       with  black         clouds,  wherever    she  goes, 

preterit  florentia  arva,  que  exurit      herbas, 

the  crushes  [blasts]  the  flourishing     fields,     aud       burns    the  grass, 

et     carpit         summa  cacumina,  que 

and  |  plucks-off  the  highest  tops,     [devours  the  fairest  flowers,]  and 

polluit  populos,  que  urbes,  que  domos       suo  afflatu: 

pollutes     nations,          and      cities,       and     families  with  her        breath ; 

et     tandem      conspicit      arcem    Tritonida, 

and     at-length  she  descries        the  citadel       of-Tritonis,       [of  Athens,] 

virentem      ingeniis,       opibus,    et      festa    pace :    [35 

flourishing     in  talents,  in  wealth,        and  in  joyful       peace: 

que    vix    tenet          lacrymas,    quia        ceru.it         nil 

uiid     scarce  restrained  (her)       teari,  b«c«u»c  elm  duoerned  nothing 

lacrymabile. 

ivorthy-of-tean. 


84  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 


FAB.  V.     (Metam.  Lib.  II.  833—875.) 

JUPITER  IN         TAURUM. 

JVPITER  (CHANGED)  INTO  A  BULL. 

Ubi    Atlantiades  cepit  has       poenaa 

When         Atlantiades    [Mercury]     took  [inflicted]    these  punishments 

verborum  que       profanae  mentis,     linquit       terras 

of  words  and  of  a  profane  mind,     he  leaves        the  lands 

dictas   a   Pallade,    et  ingreditur       aethera      jactatis 

called      from     Pallas,       and        enters          the  sky          with  moved 

pennis.         Genitor   sevocat   hunc ;    nee  fassus 

wings.         (His)    father.       calls-apart      him ;          nor   having  confessed 

causam  amoris,      ait,    "  Nate,    fide    minister 

the  pause        of  (his)  love,          he  says,  "  0  son,        faithful        minister 

5]         meorum    jussorum,    pelle    moram,    que    celer 

of  my  commands,        banish         delay,          and         swift 

delabere         solito     cursu ;    que   pete   hanc,         quae 

glide-down   with  accustomed  course ;      and       seek        this  (land),  which 

tellus    suspicit    tuam   matrem    a         sinistrS,  parte," 

land         looks-up-to       thy          mother     from  the  left  part," 

(indigenae  dicunt      Sidonida     nomine,)  "  que  verte 

the  (natives  call      (it)     Sidon         byname,)  "and        turn 

10]    ad       littora     regale    armentum,    quod         vides 

to    the  shores       a  royal  herd,  which     thou  seest 

pasci     procul          montano   gramine."         Dixit: 

to  be  fed         at-a-distnnce     on  mountain  grass."  He  said : 

et      juvenci  jamdudum   expulsi  monte   petunt 

and  the  bullocks        long-since          driven     from  the  mountain          seek 

jussa   littora;    ubi        filia  magni   regis,    co- 

the  ordered     shores;       where  the  daughter  of  the  great          king,         at- 

mitata   Tyriis  virginibus,     solebat      ludere.  Majestaa 

tended  by  Tyrian         virgins,       was  accustcyned  to  sport.  Dignity 

et  amor  conveniunt  non  bene.  nee  morantur  in  un£ 

and    love  agree  not      well,        nor  tarry         in        one 

16]    sede.        Gravitate  sceptri          relictH, 

•eat.      The  gravity    [sublimity]     of  the  sceptre      being  left, 


LIBER    SECUNDUS.  85 

rile      pater  que  rector         deum,      cui         dextra 

he     the  father     and     ruler      of  the  gods,       for  whom   the  right    (hand) 

est  urmata         trisulcis  ignibus,  qui  concutit       orbem 

ie          armed      with  three-forked     fires,         who     shakes         the  globe 

nutu,       induitur  faciem         tauri ;     que 

with  a  nod,         is  clothed          (as  to)  the  face  of  a  bull;  urid 

mistus  juvencis     mugit,  et  formosus  obambulat 

mingled  with  the  bullocks      he  lows,         and     beautiful  walks 

ni        teneris  herbis.          Quippe        color  est          nivis, 

nn    the  tender       herbs  [grass].         For       (his)  colour    is  (that)  of  snow, 

quam  nee         vestigia       duri  pedis        calcave're,    [20 

which    neither  the  traces        of  a  hard     foot      have  trodden, 

nec        aquaticus    Auster  solvit.  Colla 

nor       the  watery  Southwind       has  dissolved.    (His)  necks   [neck] 

exstant        toris ;  palearia  pendent  armis ; 

project       with  muscles;    (his)  dewlaps  hang  from  (his)  shoulders ; 

cornua  quidem         parva ;  sed  quae  posses 

(his)    horns        indeed     (were)  small;        but  which  thou  may  est  be-able 

contendere      facta      manu,    que     raagis    perlucida 

to  contend   [assert]      made    by  band  and         more          transparent 

pura    gemma.     Nullae    minae    in         fronte ; 

(than)    the  pure  getn-  No          threats       in  (his)  forehead; 

nec     lumen  formidabile ;      vultus     habet  pacem.    [25 

nor  (his)  eye  formidable;  (his)  countenance   has  peace. 

Nata  Agenore     miratur     quod 

(The  girl)     born      from  [of]  Agenor  wonders  that      (he  is) 

tarn  formosus.  quod  minetur  (sub.)     nulla  proelia. 

co          beautiful,         that   he  may  threaten  [he  threatens]    no  battle. 

Sed  primo        metuit     contingere,       quamvis  mitem. 

But       firstly      she  fears         to  touch  (him),     although  mild. 

Mox  adit,         et  porrigit  flores  ad         Candida 

Soon-after   she  approaches,  and    reaches      flowers     to    (his)  white 

ora  (pi.).      Amans      gaudet ;    et    dat    oscula 

mouth.  Loving      he  rejoices;        and     gives      kisses      to  (her) 

manibus,    dum        sperata    voluptas          veniat.    [30 

hands,  until     the  hoped-for        pleasure         may  come. 

Ah !      vix,      vix  differt         cictera.       Et    nunc 

\1>!          hardly,     hardly       he  rvit«-off      the  re.«t.  And        now 


36  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

alludit.    que    exsultat    in        viridi    herb&;     nuno 

he  plays,  and          exults          in      the  green         grass;  now 

deponit         niveum   latus   in       fulvis   arenis ;    que 

be  lays-dowc  (his)    snowy        side        in   the  yellow        sand;  and 

metu         demto     paulatim,  modo      praebet      pectora 

fear      being  taken-away  gradually,     oue-titue  he  yields      (his)       breasts 

plaudenda  virgined-manu ;     modo          cornua 

tn-he-patted        by  (her)  virgin-hand;  one-time  (his)         horns 

85]    impedienda  novia    sertis.  Regia 

to-be-entangled  [encircled]  with  new        garlands.       The  royal 

virgo  quoque  nescia  quern  premeret  (imp.  tub.}, 

virgin        also    unknowing  whom  she  might  [did]  press, 

ausa-est       considere  tergo  tauri :     cum 

dares  to  sit  to  [on]  the  back        of  the  bull :  when 

deus    sensim    ponit       falsa   vestigia  pedum 

the  god     |  by-degrees    places    the  false        footsteps      of  (his)  feet 

in 

[by  gentle  steps  advances  towards  the  sea  and  dips  his  deceitful  hoofs]  in 

primis   undis,    &         terra1    que    &         sicco  littore. 

the  first  waves,     from  the  earth       and   from  the  dry  shore. 

Inde        abit     ulterius,    que    fert  praedam     per 

Thence    he  departs      farther,          and      bears    (his)       prey        through 

40]        aequora          medii  ponti.  Haec 

the  surfaces    |  of  the  middle   sea  [of  the  Mediterranean  Sea],      She 

pavet,  que  ablata         respicit         relictum  littus ;    et 

trembles,   and   borne-away    looks-back-on  the  abandoned     shore ;     and 

tenet     cornu  dextra ;          altera  est  imposita 

holds     a  horn        with  (her)  right  (hand) ;  the  other        is  placed 

dorso :        tremulse   vestes        sinuantur 

to  [on]  (bis)  back :    |  (her)  wavering      garments   are  folded  by  th« 

flamine. 

blast        [her  ruffling  garments  are  swelled  by  the  wind]. 


LIBER    TEHTli  87 


LIBER     TERTIUS 

BOOK  THE  THIRD. 


FAB.   I.     (Metam.  Lib.  III.  1—130.) 


CADMUS,      ET  HOMINIBUS        ORTI          £  DENTIBU8 

CADMUS,        AND     THE  MEN  SPRUNG    FROM    THE   TEETB 

SERPENTIS. 
OF  THE  SERPEHT. 

QUE  jam         deus,         imagine         fallacis    tauri 

AND       now       the  god,        the  shape  of  a  deceitful  bull 

posita",         confessus-erat      se,        que       tenebat 

'ting  laid  -aside,  had  confessed  himself,       and     did  hold 

Dictaea  rura.  Cum         pater  ignarus 

the  Dictean  [Cretan]  countries  [plains].       When  (his)    father       ignorant 

imperat      Cadmo  perquirere 

(of  his  daughter's  fate)    commands    to  Cadmus    to  search-thoroughly-foi 

raptam,      et  addit  exilium         poenam, 

(his  sister)  carried-away,  and  adds  [threatens]      exile  (as  a)  punishment, 

si  invenerit        non,          pius  et  sceleratus 

if  he  shall  have  found  (her)   not,    (thus)  pious  and  wicked 

eodem  facto.        Orbe         pererrato.       Age-     [5 

by  the  same          deed.     The  globe  being  wamlered-tlin  ugh,  Age- 

noriles  profugus,    vitat  que         patriam    que 

norides  [Cadmus]  an  exile,  avoids    both   (his)  country  and 

iram         parentis,  (enim  quis       possit     deprendere 

the  anger  of  (his)  parent,          (for       who  may  be-able  to  detect 

furta      Jovis?)    quo    supplex      consulit        oraeula 

ihe  theft*      of  Jupiter  ?)      «n<i      suppliant     he  consulls        the  01 


88  OVIDII    METAMORPII. 

Phoebi ;     et   requirit,    quae    tellus        sit   habitanda. 

of  Phoebus;      and     inquires,        what         land  |  may  be  to-be-dwell 

Phoebus  ait,  "  Bos     occurret 

[was  allotted  for  him  to  dwell  in].     Phoebus     says,  "  A  cow  shall  meet 

10]       tibi  in  solis   arvis,  passa    nullum   jugum, 

to  thee     in    lonely      lands,  having  suffered        no  yoke, 

que   immunis         curvi   aratri.          Hac    duce,    carpe 

and  free        of  the  crooked  plough.     \Viththis         guide,         (crop 

vias ;  et  fac  condas 

the  ways;  [choose  the  way];  and    do    (take  care  that)  tboumayest  build 

moenia  qua"    herbS,  requieverit,    que 

walls        [a  city]    in  what       grass      she  shall  hare  rested,  and 

vccato   ilia   Boeotia." 

|  call        them     Boeotian  "  [call  it  the  Boeotian  city]. 

Cadmus   vix          descenderat   bene"  Castalio 

Cadmus      scarcely  had  descended  well     from  the  Castalian 

15]    antro,  videt     incustoditam  juvencam     ire 

cavern,  (when)  he  sees     an  unguarded  heifer        to  go 

lente,  gerentem  nullum  signum     servitii          cervice. 

slowly,         bearing  no  sign       of  slavery    (on)  the  neck. 

Subsequitur,  que  legit  vestigia         presso 

He  follows-near,          and  gathers  [pursues]  the  footsteps    with  repressed 

gressu,    que   taciturnus   adorat    Phoebum,      auctorem 

step,  and  silent  adores         Phoebus,       the  author 

viae.     Jam  evaserat       vada      Cepliisi  que 

of  the  way.       Already  he  had  passed-over  the  fords      of  Cephisua      and 

arva      Panopes ;  bos    stetit,    et    tollens 

the  lands     of  Panope :  the  cow       stood,        and      raising     (her) 

20]    spatiosam   frontem         altis  cornibus  ad  coelum, 

broad  forehead      with  high         horns  to         heaven, 

impulit      auras       mugitibus.     Atque  ita     respiciens 

forced         the  airs      with  lowings.  And        thus  looking-back-on 

comites    sequentes    sua    terga,        procubuit,     que 

the  attendants        following         her       backs,      she  lay-down,  and 

submisit         latus    in       tenera   herba.      Cadmus   ajzit 

deposited     (her)    side       on  the  tender         grass.  Cadmus         a'cts 

grates,  que  figit  oscula  perc£rin;x 

[—nder*]    thanks       and     fixes  [imprint*]  kisses  to  [on]  the  fon. • 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  89 

terrae,    et   salutat       ignotos  montes   que  agros.    [25 

tand,          and     salutes     the  unknown    mountains    and         lands. 

Erat    facturus    sacra  Jovi :       jubet  ministros 

Ue  was      ibout-to-make  sacred  (rites)  to  Jupiter  :  he  orders  servants 

ire    et      petere    undas,  libandas  e 

logo      ani   to  seek  waves,   [waters,]   to-be-poured  [offered]   from 

vivis    fontibus. 

tbe  living     fountains. 

Vetus    silva       stabat,    violata      null&    securi, 

An    old          wood     did  stand,  injured    by  no  axe, 

et    in         medio  specus,    densus  virgis    ac 

and   in       the  middle     (is)  a  cavern,  thick  with  rods          and 

vimine,  efficiens    humilem  arcum    compagibus    [30 

with  twig,     ,       forming    a  low  arch      with  joinings 

lapidum,  fecundus     uberibus  aquis. 

of  stones,          |  fruitful        in  plenteous      waters  [abounding  in  plenty  of 

Martins    anguis    erat    conditus     hoc   antro, 

water].     A  martial  serpent        was          hidden       in  this  cave, 

praesignis  cristiset  auro. 

very-remarkable  |  with  crests      and  with  gold     [t.  e.,  with  golden  crests]. 

Oculi    mlcant        igne ;    omne         corpus    tumet 

(His)    Eyes         sparkle    with  fire;  all      (his)      body  swells 

veneno,    que    tres    linguae    vibrant :  dentes 

with  poison,  and       three      tongues          quiver :         (his)         teeth 

stant     triplici  ordine.     Quern  lucum  postquam 

stood     in  triple          order.  Which      grove         after-that    (the  men  j 

profecti    de         Tyria"    gente    tetig^re  [35 

having  set-out          from    the  Tyrian        nation        touched      with 

infausta   gradu ;    que        urna   demissa   in          undas 

luckless  step;          and     the  urn          sent-down    into    (the)  waves 

dedit       sonitum ;         cseruleus    serpens    extulit 

^u- e         a  sound;  the  azure  serpent         raised-up    (l.N! 

caput  longo  antro,  que  misit  horrenda    sibila. 

head       from  the  long         cavern,       and       sent        dreadful  hissc.*. 

Urnse    effluxere  manibus ;    quo       sanguis 

The     urns       flowed-away  from  (their)  hands;  ami    the  blood 

relinquit  corpus,    ct       subitus    tremor    occupat 

leaves  (their)     body,          and     a  sudden         trembling  seize* 


90  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

40  J        attonitas    artus.     Ille    torquet         squamosos 

the  astonished       limbs.          He          twists      (his)  scaly 

orbes      volubilibus    nexibus,    et      sinuatur          saltu 

spires      in  rolling  knots,          and    is  bent  by  a  bound 

in  immensos  arcus:    ac  erectus  in         leves  auras 

into     immense        arches :    and      raised      unto    the  light        airs  [sky' 

plus  media   parte     despicit      omne       nemus; 

more  (than)  the  middle        part    he  looks-down-on     all     the  grove ; 

que    est  tanto  corpore,     quanto        qui  separat 

and  he  is   with  [of  ]  so-great     body,       as  great-as  (that)  which  separate! 

45]        geminas    Arctos,    si         spectes  (sub.)     totum. 

the  twin  Bears,        if  thou  regard  the  whole. 

Nec  mora :     occupat  Phoenicas,  sive 

Nor   (is  there)  delay  :    he  anticipates  [seizes  on]  the  Phoenicians,  whether 

illi         parabant    tela  sive 

they    did  prepare        weapons  (to  defend  themselves)  or  (did  prepare  for) 

fugam,         sive   timor  ipse          prohibebat  utrumque, 

Bight,         (or)  whether     fear      itself      |  did  hinder  each, 

necat  hos         morsu, 

[did  deprive  them  of  both  these  resources,]  he  destroys  these   with  a  bite, 

illos      longis    complexibus,    hos    afflatos  tabe 

those   in  long  embraces,  those  breathed-on    with  pestilence 

funesti   veneni. 

of  deadly          poison. 

50]        Jam     altissimus  sol     fecerat  exiguas  umbras : 

Now  the  highest  sun  had  made        small  shadows : 

natus  Agenore  miratur  quae  mora       sit  (sub.} 

(he)  born     from  [of]  Agenor        wonders     what   delay  maybe  [is] 

sociis,       que  vestigat       viros.         Tegimen  erat 

to  (his)  associates,      and        traces      the  men.      (His)  covering  was 

pellis    direpta  leoni;          telum  lancea 

»  skin  torn       to  [from]  a  lion  ;          (his)  weapon  (was)  a  lance 

splendenti   ferro,    et     jaculum ;    que     animus 

with  shining  iron,      and    a  dart;  and     a  mind     [spirit] 

prsestantior         omni   telo.      Tit       intravit       nemus, 

iii". re-excellent  (than)  every  weapon.     When  he  entered        the  grove, 

55]    que    vidit         letata    corpora,     que    supra 

and          saw        tbe  killed  bodies,          and         above 


LIBER  TERTIU8.  91 

victorem     hostem      spatiosi    corporis,    lambenteni 

the  victorious          enemy       of  huge  body,  lic&ing 

tristia      vulnera          sanguined     lingua,      inquit, 

the  sad  wounds        with  bloody  tongue,     he  says, 

"  Fidissima  corpora,         ero  aut         ultor     vestraa 

"  Most  faithful  bodies,     I  will  be     either  the  avenger  of  your 

mortis    aut  comes."  Dixit :     que    sustulit 

death  or    (your)     companion."       He  said :  and         lifted-up 

molarem          dextrS,  et    misit       magnum    [60 

«  mill-(stone)      with  right     (hand)     and      sent     (it)  great 

magno    conamine.     Ardua    moenia    forent    mota 

with  great  effect.  Lofty          walls  might  be  moved 

cum    celsis    turribus  impulsu      illius,       serpena 

with         high  towers     by  the  shock  of  it,  the  serpent 

mansit  sine      vulnere.    Defensus      squamis         modo 

remained  without  a  wound.  Defended  with  scales        in  the  manner 

loricae,       et          duriti&        atrse    pellis,     repulit 

of  a  coat-of-mail,  and  by  the  hardness  of  the  black         skin,    he  beat-back 

validos  ictus  cute.     At     vincit  non    jaculum 

the  strong        blows  by  (his)  hide.         Uut  he  conquers  not  the  dart 

quoque         eadem  duriti& ;    quod  constitit  fixum    [65 

also          by  the  same          hardness ;     which         stood  fixed 

medio  curvamine         lentae  spinse ;   et  descendit 

in  the  middle        curvature      of  the  pliant        spine;       and       descended 

toto   ferro   in        ilia.       Ille,    ferox         dolore, 

with  the  whole     iron      into  the  entrails.     He,          fierce     with  pain, 

retorsit  caput    in    sua    terga ;     que    adspexit 

writhed-back    (his)    head       upon     his        backs;         and         looked-on 

vulnera,    que    momordit        fixum    hastile.       Que 

the  wounds,  and  bit  the  fixed  spear.  And 

eripuit  id    vix  tergo,  ubi 

10  snatched  [tore]  that  hardly  [with  great  exertion]  from  the  buck,    when 

labefecit          multa   vi      in    omncm    partem :    [70 

he  loosened       (it)  by  much       force    upon       every  part: 

tamen         ferrum    haeret  ossibus.       Turn    vcro, 

however      the  iron  cleaves    to  (his)  bones.  Then       truly, 

postquam        recens    plaga    accessit  ad 

aftcr-that  \  a  new  wound      approached    [was  iuMr,l]    to  (his] 


02  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

'  golitas      iras,  guttura 

accustomed  angers,  [»  fresh  pain  injreased  bis  wonted  rage,]  (his)  throats 

tumucrunt  plenis    venis ;     que       albida    spuma 

swelled  with  full  veins ;          and       a  white  foam 

circumfluit         pestiferos    rictus ;    que        rasa     terra 

flows-round      (his)     poisonous  jaws ;          and    the  scraped      earth 

75]    sonat  squamis;    que       niger   halitus,    qui 

sounds  with  (his)  scales ;  and     the  black         breath,     which 

exit  Stygio    ore,    inficit      vicinas    herbas. 

cumes-out  from  (his)  Stygian      mouth,    infects   the  adjacent  grass. 

Ipse  modo     cingitur       spiris,  facientibus     immensura 

He      one-time  is  surrounded  with  coils,        making          an  immense 

orbem ;  interdum     exstat      rectior  longa  trabe. 

circle:          sometimes   he  stands-out  more-straight  (than)  a  long       beam. 

Nunc         fertur         vasto  impete,  ceu    amnis  concitus 

Now        he  is  borne       with  vast          force,        as      a  river  urged 

80J        imbribus,     et     proturbat         obstantes    silvas 

by  rains,  and      throws-down      the  opposing  woods 

pectore.       Agenorides    cedit     paulum;    que 

with  (his)      breast  Agenorides          retires    a  little;  and 

sustinet         incursus  spolio         lioriis ; 

sustains       (his)     attacks       with  the  spoil      of  the  lion  ;    [t. «.,  the  lion's 

que  retardat     instantia  ora, 

skin,  in  place  of  a  shield ;]  and       retards     the  urging        mouths  [jaws], 

cuspide          praetenta.         Ille  furit,  et  dat  mania 

the  spear-point  being  held-before  (him).  He      rages,    and  gives        vain 

vulnera  duro    ferro ;     que    figit  dentes    in 

wounds         to  the  hard          iron;          and      fixes     (his)       teeth         on 

acumine.     Que  jam      sanguis       coeperat     manare 

the  point  And    now    the  blood        had  begun          to  flow 

85]  venenifero  palato,  et       tinxerat      virides 

from  the  poisonous  palate,     and  had  tinged        the  green 

herbas  adspergine ;    sed      vulnus    erat    leve ; 

herbs  with  the  sprinkling ;  but    the  wound          was         light ; 

quia  retrahebat    se   ab         ictu ;  que     dabat 

because  he  did  draw-back  himself  from  the  blow  ;      and  did  give  [throw] 

retro         laesa    colla;    que         arcebat  plagam 

tack         the  wounded  necks;       and      did  repel   [prevent]   the  wound 


LIBER  TERTIUS.  98 

sedere      cedendo,  nee          sinebat          he  longiup : 

to  settle       bygiving-away,    nor    dvd  he  permit      (it)  to  go  farther; 

donee   Agenorides   sequens          usque      pressit    [90 

until  Agenorides          following  (him)  continually        pressed 

ferrum    conjectum   in         gutture ;    dum      quercus 

the  iron  cast  in  (his)     throat ;  until     an  oak 

abstitit         eunti(dat.)  retro;  et         cervix       fixa-es* 

opposed    (him)   going  backward;  and  (his)  neck      was  pierced 

pariter  cum     robore.        Artor     curvata-est    pondere 

equally       with  the  oak.  The  tree       was  bent  by  the  weight 

serpentis,  et     gemuit  sua  robora  flagellari 

of  the  serpent,  and  it  groaned       its     oaks  [wood]  to  be  lashed 

parte         imae  caudae.  Dum 

|  by  the  part     of  the  lowest     tail    [by  the  extremity  of  the  tail].     Whilst 

victor     considerat      spatium         victi     hostis,    [95 

the  conqueror      considers       the  size         of  the  vanquished  enemy, 

vox         audita-est  subit6 ;    neque    erat     promptum 

a  yoice    was  heard  suddenly ;    neither       was   it    ready      [easy] 

cognoscere  unde" ;  sed         audita-est :  "  Quid,    nate 

to  know  whence  ;     but  it  was  heard  :  "  Why,     0  born 

Agenor,  spectas  peremptum  serpentem? 

from  [of]  Agenor,       beholdest  thou    the  destroyed  serpent? 

et     tu  spectabere     serpens."     Ille  diu  pavidus, 

and    thou  shalt  be  seen  a  serpent"  He      long          fearful 

perdiderat   colorem   pariter  cum  mente ;    que 

had  lust  colour          equally       with         mind;         and    (his) 

comae       rigebant         gelido     terrore.       Ecce,      [ioo 

hairs       did  stiffen  with  cold  terror.  Behold, 

Pallas,     fautrix         viri  delapsa       per     superas 

Pallas,     the  favourer  of  the  man  having  glided-down  through  the  high 

uras,     adest ;    que  jubet  supponere      vipereos 

irs,          is  present;       and      orders  (him)  to  place-down      the  viperino 

dentes  motse          terrae,        incrementa        futuri 

teeth          to  the  moved    [dug]     earth,      the  increments         of  a  future 

populi.        Paret ;    et   ut         patefecit     sulcum 

people.          lie  obeys;         and  when   he  opened          a  trench      with  the 

presso  aratro,     spargit  humi      jussos  dentes, 

pressed       plough,  he  scatters    of  [on]  th«  (round  the  ordered  teeth, 


94  OVIDII   METAA10KPH. 

j05]  mortalia   scraina.      Indc    (majus         fide !) 

(as)      mortal  seeds.  Thence  (greater   (than)   faith!) 

glebae  coepere        moveri ;    que       prima  acies 

the  clods          began      to  be  moved ;          and    the  first          edge    (point) 

hastae  apparuit  de         sulcis.        Mox         tegmina 

of  a  spear        appeared     from    the  trenches.     Soon-after  the  coverings 

capitum  nutantia         picto  cono;  mox           humeri 

of  the  heads          nodding   with  a  painted  cone ;  soon-after   the  shoulders 

que  pectus,   que      brachia   onerata      telis,  existunt ; 

and       breast,        and  the  arms  loaded  with  darts,          stand-out 

110]  que     clypeata  seges     virorum  crescit 

[project];   and  the  shielded         crop     of  men  increases. 

Sic       signa  solent          surgere,    ubi        aulaea 

So      the  signs  [images]  are  accustomed   to  rise,  when  the  curtains 

tolluntur         festis  theatris,  que     ostendere      vul- 

are  raised-up     in  the  festive      theatres,       and  to  show  the  coun- 

tus      priraum,      caetera  paulatim ;  que     tota,    educta 

tenances      first,        the  rest  gradually;       and  the  whole,  drawn-out 

placido     tenore,     patent,    que     ponunt  pedes 

in  gentle        continuation,    lie-open,       and  place      (their)          feet 

in       imo  margine.     Cadmus,  territus         novo  hoste, 

in   the  lowest     edge.  Cadmus,      affrighted  by  the  new        enemy, 

115]  parabat     capere  anna :    unus  de       populo 

did  prepare       to  take  arms :         one        of   the  people 

quern       terra       creaverat  exclamat,    "Ne-cape, 

whom      the  earth    had  produced  exclaims,          "Take-not    (arms), 

nec    insere      te     civilibus  bellis."    Atque  ita      ferit 

nor       thrust-in      thee  to  civil  wars."  And      thus  he  strikes 

unum  de       terrigenis  fratribus  cominus  rigido 

one  of    the  earth-born         brothers      hand-to-hand    with  the  hard 

ense ;     ipse    cadit          jaculo      eminus.         Hie 

sword;     himself      falls    with  a  javelin    from-a-distance.       This  (man) 

quoque,    qui         dederat  leto,  vivit  non  longius 

»lso,  who     had  given        (him)  to  death,     lives       not          longer 

120]  illo;  et       expirat  auras     quas 

(than)  that   (one);      and      brcathes-out     the  airs  which 

acceperat    modo.       Que    omnis        turba    furit 

be  had  received  lately.  And  all       the  crowi         rage* 


LIBER   TRRTIUS.  95 

pari  exemplo ;  que       subiti  fratres  cadunt         suo 

with  equal     example;       and    the  sudden    brothers       fall    bytheir-own 

Marte         per  mutua  vulnera.     Que  jam      juventus 

Mars     [war]      by       mutual         wounds.          And  already  the  youth 

sortita      spatium      brevis  vitse,     plangebant 

having  been  allotted    the  space        of  a  short          life,  did  smite 

sanguineam    matrem       trepido    pectore,      [125 

:  their)  blood-stained          mother     with  trembling          breast, 

quinque         superstitibus  ;  unus     quorum  fuit  Echion. 

Sve  (being)       survivors ;  one     of  whom         was         Echion. 

Is  jecit  sua  arma  humi,     monitu  Tritonidis ; 

He    cast     his       arms  of  [on]  the  ground,  by  advice    of  Tritonis  [Pallas]  j 

que  que  petiit  que  dedit  fidem  fraternae  pacis. 

and      both    sought     and       gave     faith  [pledge]  of  fraternal          peace. 

Sidonius    hospes    habuit    hos    comites         operis, 

The  Sidonian          stranger          had         these   companions  of  the  work, 

cum      posuit  urbem  jussam  Phcebeis 

when    he  placed  [built]    the  city  ordered  (to  be  built)  by  Phebean 

sortibus. 

oracles. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  III.  131—250.) 

ACTION  IN  CERVUM 

(CHANGED)  INTO    A   STAG. 


Jam  Thebae  (pi.)     stabant  :  jam         poteras,  Cad- 

Now       Thebes  did  stand  :  now    thou  wast-ablu,    0  Cad- 

me,     videri    felix      exilio  :    que    Mars    que    Venus 

uius,   to  seem         hnppy    in  exile;          both       Mars        and  Veuus 

contigerant         soceri  tibi.     Adde  hue 

had  happened  (as)  parents-in-law    to  thee.  Add     hither  [to  this] 

genus,    tot  natos,  que  natas,     et        nepotes, 

a  (numerous)  issue,  so-many  sons,      and  daughters,  and  grand-children, 

cara   pignora   de    tantS,   conjuge.      Hos  quoque  jam 

deaf        pledges       from  so-great  a  wife.  These         also  now 

juvenes.      Sed    scilicet       ultima    dies       semper      [5 

young-men.        But       forsooth     the  last  day    (is)       ulwayn 

7 


96  OVIDII   METAJIORPH. 

expectanda         homini ;  que  nemo  debet         did 

to-be-expected  to  [by]  man  ;          and    no-one      ought   to  be  said  (to  b*1 

beatus    ante    obitum   que       suprema     funera. 

happy         before       death         and     the  last  funeral-rites. 

Nepos  fuit      prima  caussa   luctus     tibi,  Cadme, 

A  grandson    was  the  first  cause    of  grief       to  thee,  0  Cadmus, 

inter     tot     secundas     res ;     que   aliena   cornua 

among   so-many  prosperous     things;       and      strange        horns      (werei 

dddita         fronti ;  que  vos,  canes,         satiatae 

added   to  (his)  forehead  ;   and       ye,  0  dogs,     (were)     sated     with  (your 

10]    herili  -  sanguine.     At   si  quaeeras  (sub.} 

master's-blood.  But  |  if  th->u  mayestseek  [if  thou  inquire] 

ben£,  invenies  in  illo       crimen   Fortunae,  non 

well,       thou  wilt  find  in     him    the  crime      of  Fortune,  not 

gcelus.     Enim    quod  .scelus    habebat     error  ? 

guilt  For        |  what       guilt  had  a  mistake  ?    [how  can 

Erat   mons    infectus 

ignorance  be  deemed  a  crime  ?]      There  was    a  mountain   stained     with 

caede      variarum  ferarum :    que  jam       dies      con- 

the  slaughter  of  various       wild-beasts;      and     now     the  day     had  con- 

traxerat        medias  umbras      rerum,    et    Sol 

tracted  the  middle     [mid-day]      shadows    of  things,        and       Sol 

16]    distabat  ex-aequo         utraque  meta;  cum       Hy- 

wus-distant     equally       from  each  goal;        when     the  Hy- 

antius  juvenis  compellat        placide  ore 

outhean  [Theban]    youth  accosts         with  gentle        mouth   [accent] 

participes  operum,  vagantes  per  devia  lustra: 

the  partners  of  (his)  labours,       wandering  through  pathless      dens : 

"  Comites,       lina          que      ferrum  madent 

"0  companions,  the  cords  [nets]    and  the  iron  are-wet      with   the 

cruore      ferarum ;    que       dies       habuit  satis 

gore          of  wild-beasts ;      and     the  day    has  had          enough  of (good  * 

fortunae.     Cum  altera  Aurora        invecta  croceis 

fortune.  When  another  Aurora  [morn]  borne  with  saffron- coloured 

20]    rotis         reducet        lucem,  repetamus     pro- 

wheels  shall  bring-back  thelight,  |  we  may  repeat  the  pro- 

positum  opus.  Nunc  Phoebus 

posed  work  [we  will  resume  our  wonted  diversion].  Now          Phoabui 


LIBER   TERTITJS.  91 

distat       idem  utraque    terr&,    que    findit 

is  distant     the  same    (space)    from  each  land,         and      cleaves 

arva         vaporibus.         Sistitc       praesens  opus,  que 

the  lands   with  vapours     [heat].         Stop      tLe  present          work,      and 

tollite  nodosa    lina."  Faciunt         jussa 

take-away    the    |  knotty      cords  [nets]."     They  do  the  command? 

viri,  que  intermittunt       laborem. 

of  the  man,     and         discontinue        the  labour. 

Erat   vallis,    densa         piceis      et       acuta"    [26 

(There)  was     a  valley,         thick   with  pitch-trees  and  with  sharp 

cupressu,      nominee    Gargaphie,    sacra          succinctse 

cypress,          by  name  Gargaphia,         sacred   to  the  girded 

Dianse ;    in       extreme   recessu     cujus   est   nemorale 

Diana;  in    the  extreme          recess       of  which       is    a  woody 

antrum,  laboratum     nulla  arte :  Natura      simulaverat 

cave,  wrought      by  no  art:         Nature    had  imitated 

artem      suo   ingenio ;  nam  duxerat        nativum 

art  by  her          skill ;  for     she  had  led  [formed]  a  natural 

arcum     vivo  pumice   et       levibus  tophis.    [30 

arch     with  living  [native]  pumice-stone  and  with  light    sand-stones. 

Fons  sonat  a  dcxtra.  perlucidus       tenui 

A  fountain  sounds  from  [on]  the  right,         transparent    with  thin     [clear] 

unda,    incinctus         gramineo   margine  patulos 

wave,  begirt       with  a  grassy  border      (as  to)  the  wide 

hiatus.     Hie      dea  sylvarum,    fessa        venatu, 

openings.      Here  the  goddess  of  the  woods,  wearied  with  hunting, 

solebat       perfundere       virgineos-artus         liquido 

was  accustomed  to  bathe  (her)      virgin-limbs     with  the  liquid 

rore.     Quo  postquam       subiit,      tradidit      jaculum, 

dew.        Whither    after-that    she  entered,  she  delivered  (her)  durt, 

que   pharetram,    que   retentos   arcus,    uni  armi-    [35 

and  quiver,  and      unstrung          bows,    to  one  armour- 

gerae  nympharum ;    altera    subjccit          brachia 

bearer      of  the  nymphs  ;  another  placed  under  (her)  arms 

pallse   deposits ;    duae  dcmunt        vincla 

to  [herj  cloak         luiil-aside;          two        take-off       the  ties      [sandnltl 

pedibus.      Nam  Tsmenis  Crocale,  doctior 

from  the  feet.  For       Isrnenian     Crocnle,  inore-lenrn-d  [skilful] 


98  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

illis,    colligit    in       nodum        capillos    sparsos 

than)    they,         collects      into    a  net  the  locks  scattered 

4O]    per  colla  (pl-\  quamvis  ipsa  erat       so- 

through  [over]  the  neck,  although    herself  was  withdis- 

lutis.  Que  Nepbele,  que  Hyale,  que  Rhanis,  et 

herelled  (locks).  And       Nephele,       and      Hyale,       and      Rhanis,     and 

Psecas,  et  Phiale,  excipiunt       laticem,  que  fundunt 

Psecas,      and    Phiale,        receive        the  liquor,          and         pour       (it) 

capacibus   urnis.      Que   dum   Titania      perluitur 

from  capacious  urns.  And      whilst      Titania      is  drenched 

ibi  solitS,     lympha\    ecce !        nepos     Cadmi, 

there     with  the  accustomed     water,  lo !       the  grandson  of  Cadmus, 

parte         laborum         dilatS,  errans     per       ignotum 

part      of  (his)  labours    being  deferred,  wandering  through  the  unknown 

45]    nemus        passibus    non    certis,        pervenit     in 

grove        with  steps  not         sure  [direct],  arrives        into 

lucum :    sic       fata      ferebant   ilium.     Qui      simul 

the  grove :         thus  the  fates   did  bear  him.          Who  so-soon-as 

intravit      antra  rorantia  fontibus,  nymphse 

he  entered      the  caves      bedewing  [sprinkled],  by  fountains,  the  nyinphs 

nudge    sicut  erant    percussere         pectora,     viro 

naked        so-as       they  were  struck         (their)  breasts,         a  man 

viso ;    que   implevere   omne        nemus        subitis 

being  seen  ;         and  filled  all         the  grove        with  sudden 

50]    ululatibus,    que   circumfusae  texere 

shriek?,  and      poured-round  [pressing-round]  they  covered 

Dianam       suis  corporibus.     Tamen      dea      ipsa  est 

Diana        with  their  bodies.  However  the  goddess  herself     is 

altior  illis,    que    supereminet    omnes    tenus 

higher  [taller]  (than)  they,       and  overtops  all        as-far-as 

collo.   Qui  color    solet  esse       nubibus  infectis 

the  neck.      What  colour  is  accustomed  to  be     to  the  clouds  dyed 

ab       ictu  adversi    solis,    aut          purpureae 

by    the  stroke  [ray]  of  the  opposite          sun,          or     of  the  purple 

55]    Aurorae,  is  fuit  in       vultu         Diange  visse 

Aurora,         that  [such]  was     in    the  countenance  of  Diana       seen 

sine      veste;     quse,    quanquam    stipata 

without   garment;      who,          although         crowded  ficrrounied]  with  a 


LIBER   TERTIU8.  99 

tnrb&      suarum  comitum,  tamen  adstitit  in     obliquum 

multitude  of  her  attendants,        yet          stood    |  on  the  oblique 

latus,  que    flexit         ora(p?.)    retro;     et    ut 

lide,      [sideways,]    and       turned  (her)  countenance  backward  ;  and    a* 

vellet  habuisse          sagittas    promptas, 

she  might  will  to  have  bad  (her)     arrows  ready, 

sic      hausit  aquas  quas      habuit,  que  perfudit 

•o     she  drew  [took  up]  the  waters    which  she  had,  and       sprinkled 

virilem    vultum ;    que   spargens         comas       [60 

(his)      manly     countenance;     and      sprinkling     (his)        hairs 

ultricibus  undis,       addidit  hsec  verba  prsenuntia 

with  the  vengeful          waves,    she  added        these     words  prophetic 

futurse    cladis:     "Nunc,    si  poteras     narrare, 

of  future       destruction  :     "  Now,          if  thou  shall  be-able  |  to  relate, 

lioet  narres   me  visam-(esse) 

it  is  lawful     thou  mayest  relate          me     to  have  been  seen 

tibi,       velamine         posito." 

to  [by]  thee,  (my)  clothing    being  laid-aside  "  [to  boast  of  having  seen 

Nec  minata    plura,         dat 

me  without  my  raiment].       Nor      having  threatened     more,      she  gives 

cornua       vivacis    cervi          sparso    capiti;        dat 

the  horns        of  a  long-lived     stag     to  the  sprinkled      head  ;     she  gives 

spatium          collo ;    que       cacuminat       summas    [65 

space  to  the  neck ;         and    she  points  |  the  highest 

aures ;  que       mutat          manus    cum 

cars;         [the  tops  of  his  ears ;]    and    she  changes   (his)    hands         with 

pedibus,         bracbia    cum    longis    cruribus;    et   velat 

feet,  (his)      arms          with         long  legs;  and    covers 

corpus       maculoso  vellere.     Et  pavor    additus-est. 

(his)    body    with  a  spotted  fleece.         And     fear     was  added. 

Autoneius  beros  fugit,  et  miratur   se   tarn  celerem 

The  Autoneian          hero       flees,     and    wonders  |  himself  so  swift 

in      cursu    ipso.  Vero  ut 

in    the  course       itself  [that  he  should  be  so  swift  in  running].     But  when 

vidit        vultus        et   cornua   in      unda,     erat    [70 

he  saw    (his)    countenance  anil       horns        in    the  wave,    he  was 

dicturus:     "Miserum    me!"    nulla    vox    secuta-est. 

tbout-to-sav :       "Wretched         me!"  no         voice  follow  id 


100  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

Ingemuit ;     ilia    fuit  vox ;     que    lacrymse 

He   groaned;  that       was     (all  his)    voice;         and  tears 

fluxerunt  non  per  sua  ora  (pi-)',  tantum     pristina 

flowed  not  through  [over]  his    face;  only     (his)    ancient 

mens  mansit.     Quid  faciat  ?     Ne  repetat 

mind     reuaiued.        What  may  he  do?  Whether  may  he  seek-again 

domum  et       regalia  tecta  ?  an  lateat         sylvis  ? 

home         and  the  royal          roofs?        or  may  he  lie-hid  in  the  woods  ? 

75]    Timor  impedit  hoc,  pudor  illud.    Dum    dubitat, 

Fear  hinders        this,      shame       that       Whilst  he  hesitates, 

canes    videre ;  que    Melampus    primus,    que 

the  dogs  saw        (him);       and         Melampus  first,  and 

sagax  Ichnobates,  dederunt  signa     latratu ;  Ichno- 

the  sagacious  Ichnobates,  gave  signs    by  barking :  Ichno- 

bates          Gnossius,  Melampus          Spartana 

bates     (was)     Gnossian       [Cretan],         Melampus         from  Spartan 

gente.  Inde       alii  ruunt  velocius  rapida 

nation  [breed].      Then    the  others   rush    more-swiftly  (than)  the  rapid 

aur&,   Pamphagus,   et   Dorceus,    et   Oribasus :    omnes 

wind,         Pamphagus,        and      Dorceus,       and      Oribasus:  all 

80]    Arcades ;  que       valens  Nebrophonos,  et      trux 

Arcadians ;        and    the  strong         Nebrophonos,          and  the  fierce 

Theron    cum    Laelape,    et   Pterelas   utilis        pedibus, 

Theron          with         Laelaps,     and      Pterelas        useful  with  feet, 

et   Agre        naribus,    que    Hylaeus    nuper    percussus 

and    Agre     with  nostrils,          and         Hylseus         lately  struck 

ab     fero   apro,    que   Nape   concepta   de      lupo,    que 

by    a  fierce  wild-boar,  and       Nape         conceived     from   a  wolf,         and 

Poemenis  secuta   pecudes,    et    Harpyia   comitata 

PoMncnis       having  followed       sheep,  and     Harpyia      accompanied 

86]  duobus  natis,  et  Sicyonius  Ladon  gerens 

with  (her)  two  sons,     and     Sicyonian         Ladon      carrying 

substricta  ilia,     et   Dromas,    et   Canace, 

[having]     tightened  [slender]  entrails,  and     Dromas,       and        Canace, 

que    Sticte,    et   Tigris,    et  Alee,  et   Leucon       niveis 

and         Sticte,       aci     Tigris,      and  Alee,      and     Leucun    with  snowy 

villis  (pl.\    et    Asbolus        atris,    que        pravalidus 

thag,  and      Asliulus      with  black,        and      the  very-strong 


UI;L:R  TERTIUS.  101 

Lacon,  ct  Ac'llo  fortis         cursu,  ot  Thoiis,  ct  velox 

[.aeon,        and   Ai;lio       lirave    iu  the  course,     an>I     Thoiis,     ami      swift 

Lycisca    cum          Cyprio    fratre,    et    Harpalos    [90 

Lycisra  with    (his)    Cyprian       brother,      and  Ilarpalos 

distinctus  nigram    frontem    ab     albo   medio,    et 

.listinguished  (as  to)  a  black  forehead     fr/m  a  white     middle,     and 

Melaneus,   que  Lachne  hirsuta      corpore,   et  Labros 

Malaneus,  and       Lachne          hairy       in  body,  and      Labros 

Aglaodos    nati  Dictae  patre  sed  Laconide 

Au'lai'dos  born    from  a  Dictaean  [Cretan]  father      but          Laconian 

matre,    et    Hylactor     acutae    vocis:    que    quos     est 

mother,       and      Hylactor     of  sharp          voice  :      |  and       which  it  is 

mora     referre.  Ed    [95 

delay     to  relate  [and  others  which  it  were  tedious  to  repeat].  That 

turba  sequuntur        cupidine   praedae  per  rupes, 

crowd  [pack]  are  pursuing      from  a  desire         of  prey       through     rocks, 

que    scopulos,    que    saxa    carentia  aditu,    qua 

and  cliffs,  ai.il      stones       wanting  [without]     access,    where 

via    est    difficilis.    que    qua  nulla    via.     Hie 

the  way      is         difficult,         and     where  (there  is)     no          way.          He 

fugit    per   quae   loca  secutus-fuerat  saepe*.     Heu, 

flees    through    what    places  he  had  followed  often.  Alas, 

ipse     fugit      suos   faraulos !         Libebat        clamare  : 

he        flees-from    his-own     servants!     It  did  please  (him)  to  cry-out: 

"  Ego     sum      Actaeon :      cognoscite     vestrum      [ioo 

"  I  am  Actaeon :  know  your 

dominum."       Verba       desunt  animo :       aether 

ma«ter."  Words      are  wanting     to  (his)  mind :         the  sky 

resonat        latratibus.       Melanchaetes    fecit        prima 

resounds     with  barkings.  Melanchaetes         made     the  first 

vulnera    in         tergo,      Theridamas       proxima ;  Ore- 
wounds         in  (his)     back.  Theridamas        the  next;  Ore- 

sitrophos   haesit   in      armo.  Exierant   tardius, 

litrojihos         adhered    on  the  shoulder.     They  had  gono-out   more-slowly, 

sed        via        anticipata-est    per    compendia 

but     the  way  was  cut-short  by         abbreviations  [near  paths] 

mentis.       Illis   retinentibus         dominum, 

«>f  the  mountain.       These          holding          (their)  master, 


102  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

csetera      turba      coit,      quo     confert  dentes 

the  rest-of      the  crowd  comes-together,  and  brings-toget'ner  (their)    teeth 

in          corpore.       Jam    loca       desunt       vulneribus. 

in     (his)     body.  Already  places  are  wanting    for  wounds. 

Ille   gemit,   que   habet   sonum,    etsi   non        hominis, 

He         groans,       and         has     a  sound,      although  not   of  a  man, 

tamen    quern        cervus         possit    non      edere;    que 

however       which         a  stag          may  be-able       not      to  utter ;          and 

replet      nota       juga  moestis  querelis ;  et  sup- 

fills         the  known  mountain-tops    with  mournful   complaints;  and    sup- 

110]       plex    pronis  genibus,  que  sirailis         roganti, 

pliant  on  bent  knees,  and        like  (to  one)  entreating, 

circumfert  tacitos  vultus,  tanquam  sua  brachia. 

he  bears-round         silent        looks,        as-if  [instead  of]  his  arms. 

At         comites   ignari  instigant      rapidum 

But  (his)  companions  ignorant  (of  what  had  chanced)  urge  the  fleet 

agmen  solitis  hortatibus,  que  quaerunt  Actaeona 

troop        with  the  accustomed  incitements,  and  seek  Actaeon 

oculis,  et  certatim  clamant  Actaeon  velut  absentem. 

with  eyes,       and  emulously  cry-out-for  Actaeon        as-if  absent. 

115]       Ille     refert  caput  ad     nomen.     Ut 

He  carries-back  [bends  back]  the  bead    at  the  name.       Whilst 

queruntur         segnem     abesse,  nee     capere 

they  complain         (him)    inactive  to  be-absent.    nor     to  take     [to  enjoy] 

spectacula         praedae   oblatae.     Quidem  vellet 

the  sights  of  the  prey  offered.  Indeed      he  might  will 

abesse;    sed    adest;    que  vellet     videre,  non 

to  he-absent;    but  he  is- present ;  and  he  might  will        to  see,  not 

eliam     sentire,      fera  facta     suorum  canum.         Cir- 

alao        to  feel,  the  savage  deeds  of  his-own        dogs.     They  stand- 

cumstant  undique ;    que         rostris         mersis  in 

round  on- e very-side;    and  (their)  snouts    being  sunk          in    (his) 

corpore,         dilacerant          domimum   sub       imagine 

body,  they  tear-asunder   (their)      master        under  the  image 

120]  falsi  cervi. 

of  a  false  [supposed]     stag. 


LIBER    TKRTIU8.  103 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  III.  407—610.) 

NARCISSUS  IN         FLOREM. 

NARCISSUS  (CHANGED)  IKTO  A  FLOWER. 

Erat     illimis   fons,    argenteus      nitidis  undis, 

There   was     a  clear        fountain,      silvery       with  bright          waves, 

quern  neque  pastores,  neque  capellae  pastae         monte, 

irhich      neither     shepherds,         nor       she-goats     fed  (on)  the  mountain 

ve  aliud  pecus,       contigerant :    quern  nulla  volucris, 

or      other       cattle,     had  touched :  which       no  bird, 

nec   fera         turbarat,   nee  ramus         lapsus  ab 

nor  wild-beast  had  disturbed,       nor       bough  having  slipped  [fallen]  from 

arbore.  Erat   gramen    circa,    quod        proximus 

a  tree.  There  was  grass         around,     which     the  nearest 

humor       alebat ;    que     sylva    passura        lacum      [5 

moisture  did  nourish,         and    a  wood  |  about-to-sufler  the  lake 

tepescere     nullo  sole. 

to  gruw-warm  by  no  sun      [that  defended  the  lake  from  the  heat  of 

Hie       puer,    lassus  studio   venandi    et 

the  Bun].      Here    the  boy,         fatigued  with  the  eagerness  of  hunting  and 

aestu,    procubuit,  secutus  que 

with  heat,          laid-down,      |  having  followed  [being  charmed  with]  both 

faciem  loci  que      fontem.     Que   dura      cupit 

the  appearance  of  the  place  and  the  fountain.         And      whilst  he  desires 

sedare  sitim,   altera  sitis  crevit.     Que  dum     bibit, 

to  allay          thirst,      another    thirst  increased.       And    whilst  he  drinks, 

correptus  imagine       formse  visae,  [10 

seized  |  with  the  image         of  a  form  seen,  [with  the  pic- 

amat     rem    sine    corpore : 

ture  of  himself  teen  in  the  water,]  he  loves     a  thing  without  body  : 

putat  esse     corpus,    quod    est     umbra.     Ipse 

he  thinks    (that)  to  be        a  body,  which       is      a  shade.  He 

adstupet         sibi,     que  hoeret  immotus,  eodem 

Is  amazed      to  [at]  himself,   and      cleaves      motionless,  with  the  ?am« 

vultu         ut     signum    formatum     S     Pario  marmore. 

countenance    as    a  statue  formed         out-of  Parian  in.-irMf. 


104  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

Positus  humi,     spectat    sua    lumina     geminum 

Placed    of  [»n]  the  ground,  he  beholds     hU  own      eyes        a  double 

sidus,          et    crines          dignos    Baccho,    et    dignos 

constellation,    and     hairs  flocks]  worthy- of      Bacchus,      and  worthy-of 

15]    Apolline,    que    impubes          genas,    et    eburnea 

Apollo,  and         unripe  [youthful]  cheeks,     and  ivory 

colla  (pi-),    que   decus   oris,  et  ruborem  mixtum 

neck,  .-ind       grace  of  countenance,  and     redness  mingled 

in     niveo  candore :  que     miratur  cuncta  quibus 

in    a  snowy       whiteness:      and  he  admires        all  (the  things)  by  which 

ipse  est  mirabilis.     Imprudens     cupit     se,     et     ipse 

himself  is       admirable.  Imprudent    he  desires  himself,  and  himself 

qui  probat     probatur.     Que  dum     petit,         petitur ; 

who    approves  is  approved.  And     whilst  he  seeks,     he  is  sought; 

20]    que   pariter   incendit   et  ardet.     Quoties     dedit 

and        equally        inflames     and     burns.       How-often    he  gave 

irrita  oscula         fallaci  fonti  !     Quoties      mersit 

useless      kisses    to  the  deceitful   fountain  !     How-often  he  plunged  (his) 

brachia  captantia       visum  collum  in       medias  aquas, 

arms  catching-at    the  seen          neck       into  the  middle         waters. 

nec  depr£ndit  se  in  illis  !     Nescit  quid     videat  (sub.), 

nor        caught    himself  in  them  !  Heknows-not  what  he  may  see  [he  sees], 

sed       uritur  illo  quod     videt ;  atque   idem  error 

but  he  is  consumed  with  that    which  he  sees ;         and  the  same        error 

25]    qui  decipit        oculos  incitat.     "  Credule,      quid 

which  deceives  (his)     eyes        urges.  "  Credulous  (boy),  why 

captas  frustra       fugacia    simulacra?      Quod 

dost-thou-catch-at  in  vain          the  fleet  images  ?  What 

petis    est   nusquam:  avertere,  perdes 

thou  seekcst    is          nowhere:     (only)  be  turned-away,  thou  wilt  lose 

quod          amas.      Ista    est       umbra          repercussae 

what         thou  lovest  That         is     the  shade       of  the  reflected 

imaginis    quam         cernis.      Ista  habet  nil  sui ; 

image  which     thou  beholdest.      That       h;is    nothing  of  its-own  ; 

venit  que       tecum  que  manet :         disecdet      tecum, 

it  comes    both  with  thee         and    remains:  it  will  dop.'irt      with  thee, 

30]    si  possis       discedere."       Non        cura 

if    thou  mayest  be -able     to  depart."  Not     th«  care 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  105 

Cereris  potest     abstrahere    ilium    inde,    non 

»f  Ceres     [bread]     is  able         to  draw-away  him        thence,       not 

quietis  ilium  :    sed  fusus 

(the  want)  of  rest       (can  draw  away)     him:        but    poured  [stretched] 

in        opacfi,    herba       spectat        mendacem    formam 

on     the  thick          grass        he  beholds        the  deceitful  form 

inexpleto  lumine,  que  ipse  perit  per  suos  oculos: 

with  unsated  eye,  and      he     perishes     by  bis-own          eyes, 

que    levatus    paulum,    tendens    sua  brachia   ad    [35 

and        llfted-up         a-little,         stretching       his         arms  to 

silvas  circumstantes,     inquis,    "  lo,    silvae  !    ecquis 

the  woods       standing-round,     he  says,  "  Ala;,  0  woods !  what 

amavit  crudeliiis  !  Enim    scitis,  et  fuistis 

(person)  has  loved     more-cruelly  !       For  ye  know,   and  ye  have  been 

opportuna  latebra     multis.         Meministis  ecquem  in 

a  convenient  hiding-place  to  many.     Have  ye  remembered     any-one     in 

longo   aevo,    qui  tabuerit  ( perf.  sub.)  sic,    cum 

a  long          age,       who  may  have  pined  [has  pined]  thus,     when 

tot     saecula     vestrae  vifce  agantur  ? 

(though)  so-many     ages      of  your  life      may  be  acted       [spent]  ? 

Et        placet,    et      video :     sed    tamen     invenio    non 

Both    it  pleases,      and     I  see     (it) :    but      however    I  find  not 

quod    que      video,    que    placet ;     tantus    error    [40 

what        both      I  see,  and      pleases ;         so-great         error 

tenet  amantem.     Que     quo  doleara  magis, 

-os  (one)     loving.  And  in-order-that  I  may  grieve          more, 

nec       ingens  mare  separat  nos,  nee  via,  nee  montes, 

neither  a  great  sea        separates      us,       nor     way,    nor  mountains, 

nec  moenia         clausis  portis.          Prohibimur     exigua 

n»r         walls       with  shut  gates.     We  are  hindered         by  a  little 

at)ua.       Ipse    cupit           teneri.       Nam    quoties    [45 

<v.iter.          Himself   desires      to  be  held.  For      as -ufteu-a* 

porrcximus  oscula         liquidis    lymphis,    toties    hie 

we  reai-tu-ii  ki.-'.<es    to  the  liquid  wati-r-.          so-often        he 

nititur  ad  me        resupino  ore.  Putes 

leans  to     me  with  uplifted         mouth.      Thou  uiayest  think       ,l>iui! 

posse         tangi:       est     minimum  quod    obstut 

to  be-uble  to  be  touched:      it  is       a  very-little    (tbiug)     whicti       opposei 


106  OVIDIl   METAMORPH. 

amantibus.       Quisquis  es,       exi        hue. 

(to  those)        loving.  Whoever         thou  art,      come-out    hither. 

Quid,    unice  puer,     fallis     me  ?     Ve  quo  abis 

Why,     0  singular  boy,  deceivest-thou  me  ?         Or  whither  aepartest-thou 

petitus  ?       Certe      est    nee    mea    forma    nee    aetas 

iought-for  ?       Certainly    it  is      neither    my          form          nor  age 

quam  fugias  (sub.) ;          et    nymphae    quoque 

which  thou  mayest  shun  [thou  shunnest] ;     and        nymphs  alse 

50]  am&runt    me.  Promittis      nescio    quam 

have  loved  me.      Thou  promises!         I  know-not      what 

spem    mihi        amice,    vultu,      que  cum  ego     porrexi 

hope    to  me       with  friendly  countenance,  and     when       I  have  reached 

brachia       tibi,  porrigis  ultro :           cum 

(my)     arms          to  thee,        thou  reachest     (thine)  spontaneously :    when 

risi,  arrides :  saepe  quoque         notavi  tuas 

I  have  laughed,  thou  laugbest :     often          also     I  have  marked         thy 

lacrymas,    me        lacrymante ;     quoque  remittis 

tears,  me    [I]  weeping ;  also       thou  sendest-back 

signa         nutu :     et    quantum       suspicor  motu 

signs       by  a  nod :          and     as-much-as      I  suspect         by  the  motion 

55]  formosi   oris,         refers  verba  non  perve- 

of  (thy)  beautiful     mouth,  thou  utterest      words     not  ar- 

nientia     nostras  aures.  Sensi  ego  sum  in 

riving       to  our  ears.         I  have  perceived  (that)     I         am      in 

te ;    nee  mea  imago  fallit  me.         Uror  amore 

thee ;     nor     my        image    deceives   me.    I  am  consumed   with  the  love 

mei:     que     moveo         que   fero       flammas.     Quid 

of  me :          and     I  move  [excite]    and      bear  the  flames.  What 

faciam  ?  Roger,    anne         rogem  ?     Deinde 

may  I  do  ?  May  I  be  asked,  or-whether  may  I  ask  ?  Then 

6O]    quid          rogabo  ?      Quod     cupio  est       mecum  : 

what  shall  I  ask?  What     I  desire       is    with  me: 

oopia  fecit  me  inopem.     0  utinam  possem 

abundance  has  made    me          poor.  0         that     I  might  be-able 

secedere   a   nostro  corpore  !  Vellem, 

to  depart         from      our     [my  ovn]     body !  (That)  I  should  wish, 

quod    amamus,  abesset :     novum    votum 

vth»t)      what  we  love,  might  be-absent :    a  new  wiab 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  107 

m    amante  !     Que  jam  dolor  adimit  vires ;  neo 

in    a  lover !  And      now      grief  takes-away  forces  [strength] ;  nor 

longa  tempora     meae  vitae  superant,  que         extinguor 

long  times      of  my         life        remain,         and    I  am  extinguished 

in  primo  aevo;  nee  est  mors  gravis    mihi,         positurj 

in       first        age;       nor     is     death      heavy   tome,      about  to  lay -aside 

dolores      morte.  Vellem    hie,  qui    [65 

sorrows      by  death.  I  should  wish  this  (person),    who 

diligitur          esset    diuturnior.      Nunc         duo   con- 
is  loved          might  be  more-lasting.  Now     (we)     two        con- 

cordes         moriemur    in    una    animaV'         Dixit,    et 

cordant    shall  die  in       one  soul."          He  said,       and 

mate    sanus  rediit    ad      eandem    faciem ;    et 

|  badly    sound  [insane]     returned      to   the  same  face;          and 

turbavit      aquas         lacrymis :    que      lacu          moto 

disturbed     the  waters     with  tears  :  and  the  lake     being  moved 

forma         reddita-est   obscura;    quam    cum 

the  shape        was  rendered  obscure;          which      when  he  might 

vidisset       abire,       clamavit :         "  Quo    [70 

have  [had]  seen  to  depart,     he  exclaimed:  "Whither 

fugis  !         Remane,  nee,  crudelis,  desere  me  amantem. 

fleest  thou !        Turn  back,     nor,         cruel,       abandon    me  loving. 

Liceat     adspicere   quod   est  non   tangere, 

May  it  be-lawful  to  behold  what    it  is  (possible)  not  to  touch, 

et      praebere  alimenta       misoro  furori."     Que  dum 

and  to  afford          nourishments  to  a  wretched  madness."        And    whilst 

dolet,     deduxit         vestem  ab       summS,  or&, 

he  grieves,  he  drew-off    (his)     robe        from  the  highest      region   [part], 

que    percussit          nuda    pectora          marmoreis    [75 

and  struck       (his)    naked          breasts-     with  marble-like 

palmis.  Pectora  percussa  traxerunt         tenuem 

palms  [hands].  The  breasts  struck         drew  [contracted]  a  slight 

ruborem,   non    alitcr    quam    poma       solent,       quae, 

redness,  not     otherwise      than        apples    are  accustomed,   which, 

Candida       parte,  rubent      parte ;  aut  ut       uva 

(being)       wiite      in  a  part,        are-red    in  a  part;          or      as  the  grape 

nondum    matura     solet  ducere  purpureum 

not  ye*.  ri|>c       i*  accustomed     to  lead  [contract]  a  purple 


108  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

colorem     variis  racemis.     Quae  simul  adspexit 

f.,lour          in  various     clusters.         Which  (breasts    so-soon-as  he  beheld 

80]    rursus  in       liqucfactu  und&,     tulit  non  ulterius  : 

again         in  the  liquid  wave,     he  bore    not  further : 

Bed,    ut        flavae    cerae  (pi.}          solent      intabescere 

but,         a»     the  yellow         wax  are  [is]  accustomed    to  waste-away 

levi  igne  ve       matutinae-pruinae       sole     tepente, 

by  a  slight   fire        or    the  morning-hoar-frosts        the  sun      being  w;m». 

sic   attenuates     amore,       liquitur,    et     carpitur 

so  thinned         by  love,         he  is  melted,         and  is  cropped  [wasted] 

cseco  igni.       Et    jam    neque    est         color 

by  the  dark  [secret]      fire.          And      now      neither        is      (his)  colour 

85]          candore    mixto  rubori ;    nee         vigor, 

with  whiteness       mixed  to  [with]  redness ;      neither     the  vigour, 

et    vires,    et    quae    modo          visa      placebant,    nee 

and     forces,     and     what        lately     being  seen  did  please,  nor 

corpus   remanet,   quod   Echo  quondam     amaverat. 

the  body  remained,       which       Echo         formerly     had  loved. 

Quae  tamen,  quamvis  irata  que  memor,  ut         vidit 

Who     however,     although    angry    and     mindful,    when    she  saw   (him) 

indoluit;    que    quoties        miserabilis    puer      dixrat, 

grieved ;  and     as-often-as    the  wretched  boy    had  said, 

90]    "  Eheu  ! "  haec       iterabat       resonis  vocibus, 

"Alas!"  she     did  repeat        with  resounding  voices  [words], 

"Eheu!"     Que  cum  ille      percusserat  suos  lacertos 

"  Alas ! "  And     when     he  had  struck  his  arms 

manibus,    haec    quoque       reddebat      eundem 

with  (bis)  hands,  she  also      did  return  the  same 

6onitum         plangoris.     Haec  fuit      ultima  vox 

.v.und         of  the  stroke.  This     was     the  last          voice  (of  him ' 

spectantis  in       solitam  undam :  "Eheu,  puer  dilecte 

gazing  in   the  accustomed     wave:         "Alas,     0  boy         beloved 

frustrjH!"    que       locus   remisit   totidem   verba ;    que 

in-vain!"  and    the  place       gent-back     as-many         wordfl;         and 

95]  dicto  "Vale!"  Echo  et  inquit  "Vale!" 

(it  being)  said      "Farewell!"     Echo    also     says       "Farewell!" 

Ille    submisit         fessum    caput    in        viridi    herbS. 

H«          let-down     (his)    weary  head       on     the  verdant 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  109 

Nox  cl audit         lumina  mirantia     formam         domini. 

Night      closes     (his)     eyes          admiring  the  beauty     of  (their)  master. 

Turn    quoque          spectabat     se     in       Stygia1    aqu£, 

1  hen  also      did  he  gaze-on          himself    in   the  Stygian         water, 

postquam          receptus-est          inferna  sede. 

jltiT-that       he  was  received  in  the  infernal     [lower]    habitation. 

Naiades       sorores  planx£re :           et  posuSre 

The  Naiads       (his)      sisters       bewailed  (him) :  |  and      placed       (their) 

rectos  capillos  fratri.  [100 

cut  locks      to  (their)  brother      [and  cutting  off  their  hair,  con.=e- 

Et      Dryades  planxerunt.    Echo 

orated  it  to  their  brother].     And  the  Dryads         bewailed  (him).        Echo 

assonat  plangentibus.     Que  jam  parabant 

resounds-to  (them)      bewailing.  And     now     they  did  prepare 

rogum,  que  quassas  faces,  que     feretrum :      corpus 

a  pile,  and         shaken     torches,      and    a  bier:  the  body 

erat    nusquam :  inveniunt         croceum 

was         no-where  :    [not  to  be  found  :]  they  find  a  saffron-coloured 

florem      pro  corpore,    albis    foliis    cingentibus 

flower         instead-of     the  body  white       leaves  surrounding 

medium. 

the  middle. 


FAB.  IV.    (Metam.  Lib.  III.  253—315.) 

NATIVITA8  BACCHI. 

THE  BIRTB  OF  BACCHUS. 

Rumor  est  in-ambiguo :  dea  visa-eat 

Report        is      in-doubtful  [undecided]  :  the  goddess  [Diana]  seemed 

aliis  violentior        aequo :  alii  laudant, 

to  others  [to  some]  more-violent  (than)  even  [just]  :    others     praise  (her). 

que    vocant          dignam  severa    virginitate. 

and          culled       (her)     worthy     with  [of  the]  strict  virginity 

Utraque  pars  invenit  caussas. 

(which  she  proft.'s.--e(lj.      K;n-h       |<:uly        find  reasons  (for  what  they 

Conjux     Jovis   sola         non   tarn    eloquitur 

ihiuk).     The  wifu  of  Jupiter     alone  'does  not    as-uiueh         'dcclar* 


110  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

ne  culpet     ne          probet,     quam     gaudet 

whether   she  may  blame  or      may  approve,  as       she  rejoice* 

5]  clade  domus          ductae  ab  Agenore ; 

in  the  destruction  of  the  house  [family]  derived  from          Agenor; 

et  transfert     odium  collectum  a  Ty- 

and  transfers     the  hatred      |  collected       by  [conceived  against]  the  Ty- 

ria1    pellice  in  socios  generis. 

rian       harlot    [Europa]  upon      the  partners  [relatives]  of  the  race. 

Ecce !     recens    caussa   subit          priori ;    que       dolet 

Lo !          a  fresh  cause       succeeds  to  the  former ;       and  she  grievei 

Semelen     ease    gravidam    de          semine          magni 

Semele          to  be  pregnant        from      the  seed          of  the  great 

Jovis :  turn      solvit        linguam  ad  jurgia.     "  Enim," 

Jupiter:     then  she  loosed  (her)     tongue      to     reproaches.  "For," 

10]    dixit,         "  quid  profeci  toties  per    jurgia  ? 

said       she,       "what    have  I  profited     so-often     by     reproaches? 

Ipsa  est  petenda  mihi:       perdam  ipsam, 

Herself  is     to-be-sought  [attacked]  to  [by]  me  :  I  will  destroy         herself, 

si       vocor    rite"          maxima    Juno ;     si      decet    me 

if  I  am  called    properly   the  greatest          Juno ;          if    it  becomes     me 

tenere         dextra1  gemmantia  sceptra ;  si   sum 

to  hold     in  (my)  right  (hand)   the  sparkling  sceptres;       if  lam 

regina,    que   et   soror   et   conjux     Jovis :  certe* 

a  queen,          and     both    sister     and       wife       of  Jupiter:  doubtless  (his) 

soror.       At       puto  contenta-est  furto;    et 

vister.  But       I  think     she  is  satisfied  with  the  theft ;       and 

16]        injuria   nostri  thalami  est  brevis.       Concipit ; 

the  wrong    of  our         bed-chamber  is       short.      She  conceives ; 

id          deerat ;    que         fert    manifesta    crimina 

that   was  wanting;        and     she  bears        evident  crimes     [guilt] 

pleno   utero ;    et         vult     fieri      mater  de  Jove, 

in  a  full  womb;       and    she  wills  to  become  a  mother   from  Jupiter, 

quod  vix        contigit  mihi  uni :         tanta  est       fiducia 

which  hardly  lias  happened  tome     one  [alone]:  so-great  is  the  confidence 

formae.         Faxo  fallat  earn ;  nee       sim 

of  (her)  beauty.  I  will  cause  (that)  he  may  deceive     her;        nor   may  I  be 

20]    Saturnia,  si  mersa  ab    suo    Jove  pene- 

Saturnia,          if       sunk      by  her  own  Jujmter  she  shall  have  pene 


LIBER   TERTIU8.  Ill 

tr&rit  non  in          Stygias  undas."        Surgit  solia 

trated      not    into     the  Stygian         waves."      She  rises     from  the  throne 

ab     his,  que  recondita         fulva  nube         adit 

after  these  (words),  and          hidden          in  a  yellow     cloud    she  goes-tc 

limen         Semeles ;     nee    removit        nubes    ante, 

the  threshold    ofSemele;  n»r        removed     the  clouds        before, 

quam     simulavit  anum :       que      posuit  canos 

than     she  pretended  (herself )  an  old-woman :     and  she  placed         hoary 

ad         tempora,  que  sulcavit        cutem         rugis? 

(bain)  to    (her)     temples,       and     furrowed  (her)     skin    with  wrinkles, 

et    tulit        curva    membra       trementi   gressu;    [25 

and     bore  (her)     bent  limbs       with  trembling  pace ; 

quoque       fecit          vocem     anilem.         Que  fit 

also  she  made    (her)     voice     old- woman-like.       And  she  becomes 

Beroe    ipsa,        Epidauria    nutrix     Semeles.       Ergo 

Beroe         herself,     the  Epidaurian  nurae     of  Semele.  Therefore 

ubi,        sermone  captato,    que       loquendo    diu, 

when,  the  discourse         being  caught-at,       and      in  speaking          long, 

venire    ad       nomen    Jovis,       suspirat,    et    ait : 

they  came  to    the  name       of  Jupiter,  she  sighs,  and     says : 

"  Opto  ut  Jupiter      sit ;      tamen   mutuo  omnia. 

"I      wish     that    Jupiter   may  be  (he);  however  I  fear  all  (things). 

Multi  subiere    pudicos    thalamos  nomine 

Many         have  entered  chaste      bed-chambers  under  the  name 

divorum.     Nee  tamen  est     satis    esse  Jovem :    [30 

of  gods.  Nor      however    is  it  enough  to  be          Jupiter: 

det     pignus     amoris,  si  modo  is  est  verus; 

he  may  give    a  pledge     of  love,  if     only       he      is      true    [real]; 

que  quantus  et  qualis        excipitur  ab      alt&  Junone, 

and      how-great  and  what-sort  he  Is  receivad         by  the  high  Juno, 

rogato  tantus   que    talis  det   complexus 

ask  (him  that)   so-great     and      such   he  may  give  embraces 

tibi,    que      sumat     ant&    sua   insignia." 

to  thee,      and  may  assume  beforehand  his         badges.' 

Juno       formarat  ignoram        Cadmeida    [35 

Juno     h&i  formed  [disposed]  the  ignorant  daught;r-of- Cadmus 

talibus    dictis.       Ilia    rogat    Jovem     munus    sine 

by  such  words.  She        asks          Jupiter    a  gift       j  witliou! 


H2  OVIDII   ICKTAMORPH. 

nomine.  Cui         deus     ait :     "  Elige ; 

a  DHme  [not  named].      To  whom   the  god         says  :         "  Chouse  ; 

patiere  nullam  repulsam.     Que  quo 

thou  shall  suffer  no  refusal.  And      that   thou  mayest 

credas   magis,    quoque      numina         Stygii   torrentis 

!>clieve         more,  also        the  deities       of  the  Stygian  flood 

sunto  conscia.    Et  ille  deus         timor         deorum." 

let  be          conscious.      And  that    god  (is)  the  terror  of  the  gods." 

Semele,  Iseta   malo,  que  nimium  potens,  que    peritura 

Scmele,       glad  in  evil,        and         too         powerful,  and  about-to-perish 

40]  obsequio  amantis,    dixit:    "Da        te 

by  the  compliance  (of  him)     loving,          said:        "  Give  thyself 

mihi  talem  qualem  Saturnia     solet          amplecti  te, 

to  me        such          as  Saturnia      is  accustomed  to  embrace      thee, 

cum     initis       foedus     Venus."          Deus  voluit     op- 

when  ye  enter     the  covenant  of  Venus."         The  god          willed     to  op- 

primere  ora(pZ.)  loquentis :     jam         vox 

press     [check]    the  mouth          (of  her)     speaking :         already  the  voice 

properata       exierat   sub  auras.         Ingemuit ; 

hastened         had  gone-out  under  [into]   the  airs.  He  groaned ; 

45]    enim  neque  haec  potest  non  optasse,  neque 

for          neither      she       is-able      not    to  have  wished,  nor 

ille  non          jura"sse.      Ergo  moestissimus   conscendit 

he      not  to  have  sworn.  Therefore  most-sorrowful  he  mounted 

altum    aethera,    que    traxit          nutu        sequentia 

the  lofty  sky,  and        drew        by  a  nod        the  following 

nubila;     quis     addidit  nimbos,   que  fulgura  immixta 

clouds;      to  which  he  added         tempests,      and     lightnings         mingled 

ventis,    et   tonitrus,    et        inevitabile    fulmen. 

to  [with]  winds,       and     thunders,       and  the  unavoidable    thunderbolt 

Tamen    qua-usque      potest,      tentat      demere    vires 

However          as-fur-as       he  is-able,      he  tries         to  take-away   powers 

50]  sibi,  nee         armatur       eo  igne        quo 

for  [from]  himself,  nor    is  he  armed        with  that   fire   with  which 

dejecerat     centimanum  Typhoea  :  nimium 

he  had  cast-down    the  hundred-handed    Typhoeus :  (there  was)  too-much 

feritatis    in    illo.  Est    allud    fulmen    levins, 

of  liereeiu'ss        in       that.         There  is  another  thunderbolt       lighter, 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  11J 

cui  dextra  Cyclopum    addidit    minus 

to  which     tl.e  right      (haii'l)   uf  the  Cyclops  added  less 

saevitiae    que    flammae,    minus       irae.  Superi 

of  cruelty          and  of  flame,  less        of  wrath.         The  deities 

vocant         secunda  tela.         Capit  ilia  que  intrat    [55 

call         (them)    second    weapons.     He  takes    those  and       enters 

Agenoream    domum.  Mortale    corpus    tulit 

the  Agenorean  bonsc.  (Her)     mortal  body  bore 

non       aetherios  tumultus ;    que   arsit  jugalibus 

not      the  celestial          confusions;       and     burned  with  the  conjugal 

donis.  Infans,    adhuc    imperfectus,     eripitur   ab 

gifts.  The  infant,  as-yet  imperfect,       is  snatched    from 

alvo         genetricis,   que  (si    est  dignum     credere) 

the  womb  of  the  mother,  and      (if  it  is         worthy      to  believe) 

tener,      insuitur          patrio   femori ;    que  [6O 

tender,      is  sewn-in       to  the  paternal         thigh ;         and      (there) 

complet         materna    tempora.       Ino  matertera 

completes      the  maternal  times.  Ino     (his)  aunt 

educat    ilium  primis    cunis.       Inde       Nymphae 

educates         hiui       iu  the  first  cradles.  Then    the  Nymphs 

Nyseides    occuluere  datum       suis    antris ;    que 

Nyse'ides  concealed      (him)     given         in  their        caves;          and 

dedere  alimenta       lactis. 

gave         (him)  the  nourishments  of  milk. 


FAB.   V.     (Metam.  Lib.  HI.  511—581.) 

PENTHEU8    FDRENS    CONTRA   BACCHUM. 
PZNTHEUS    RAQ1NQ  AGAINST  BACCHUS. 

Res          cognita,       attulerat    meritam    famam 

The  thing  being  known        had  brought  deserved  fame 

vati  per         Achaidas         urbes :    que 

»o  the  prophet  [Tiresias]  through  the  Achainn  [Grecian]  cities:          and 

nomen         auguris  erat  ingens.     Tamen,  Pentheus, 

the  name      of  the  soothsayer  was         great.  However,         Pentheus, 

Echionidos,  unus  contemptor       superum  ex  omnibus, 

s-  ii -of-Echion       one        decpiser        of  the  god*  out-of  all, 


114  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

spernit  hunc  :  que  ridet         praesaga  verba         eenis  ; 

despises      him  :        and  laugbs-at  the  prophetic      words  of  the  old-man ; 

51      que  objicit  tenebras  et        cladera 

and  'reproaches  (him)  'for  darknesses  [blindness]  and  the  misfortune 

ademptie  lucis.         Ille,  movens   tempora,  albentia 

of  (his)     lost  light  [sight].  He,       moving  (his)  temples,      whitening 

oanis,          ait :  "  Quam    felix  esses,    si   tu 

with  hoary  (hairs),  says  :        "  How        happy  mightest  thou  be,     if  thou 

quoque  fieres    orbus       hujus    luminis ;     ne 

also  migbtest  be  made          bereft      of  this  light;  lest 

videres       Bacchia   sacra !          Que       jam 

thou  mightest  see  tbe  Bacchian       sacred  (rites) !     And    presently 

dies         aderit,     que  jam      auguror      baud      esse 

the  day     will  be-at-hand,    and      now      I  prophesy  (it)     not       to  be 

10]    procul,     quS,       novus    Liber,    Semele'ia    proles, 

far-off,      in  which  the  new          Bacchus,     Semeleian        offspring, 

veniat  hue.     Quern,  nisi  dignatus-fueris 

may  come      hither.       Whom,    unless  thou  shalt  have  dignified 

honore      templorum.    lacer,  spargere 

with  the  honour      of  temples,  torn,     thou  shalt  be  scattered 

mille     locis;     et  foedabis        silvas,     que 

in  a  thousand  pieces ;      and    thou  shalt  pollute          the  woods,  and 

tuam  matrem,  que      sorores          matris,        sanguine. 

thy          mother,       and   the  sisters     of  (thy)  mother      with  (thy)  blood. 

Evenient :  enim  neque  dignabere 

(These  things)  will  happen  :  for        neither   wilt  thou  dignify 

numen     honore ;  que  quereris  me         vidisse 

the  deity     with  honour;         and  thou  wilt  complain     me  to  have  seen 

15]    nimium  sub  his  tenebris."         Natus      Echione, 

too-much  under  these    datknesses."     (He)  born     from  Echion, 

proturbat  dicentem  talia.  Fides    sequitur 

throws-forward    (him)      saying  such   (things).     Faith  follows 

dicta ;  que      responsa          vatis         aguntur. 

the  words  ;      and  the  answers        of  the  prophet  are  acted     [performed]. 

Liber  adeat:    que      agri  fremunt       festis  ululatibus. 

Bacchus  is-at-.  and:  and  the  lands         roar      with  festive  bowlings. 

Turba    ruunt :    que    que  matres  que  nurua 

Tb«  ti-owd  rush :        a\id       both     mothers     and  daughters-in-law 


LIBER    TERTIUS.  115 

raistae  viris,    que       vulgus      que   proceres    [20 

mingled  to  [with]  men,        and    the  commonalty  and  nobles 

feruntur   ad       ignota   sacra.  Pentheus   ait : 

are  borne  to    the  unknown     sacred  [rites].          I'cntheus       says : 

"  Quis  furor,     anguigense,  Mavortia  proles,       attonuit 

"  What   madness,  0  serpent-begotten,    martini      offspring,  has  stnpified 

vestras    mentes?        Ne     aera      repulsa      sere  valent 

your  minds  ?          Whether  brasses  beaten-back  by  brass         avail 

tantum,    ct       tibia  adunco    cornu,    et    magicae 

so-much,        and     a  pipe     with  a  crookef  horn,        and  rnngio 

fraudes,    ut    foeminese    voces,  et    insania    mota 

deceits,          that        female  voices  [shouts],  and    madness       moved 

vino,  que  obscoeni  greges,  et  mania  tympana,    [25 

by  wine,      and         filthy         gangs,       and    empty  drums, 

vincant          quos  non     bellicus  ensis,  non       tuba, 

may  overcome  (those)  whom    not    the  war-sword,       not  the  trumpet, 

non  agmina      strictis  telis,  terruerint?      Ne 

not        troops     with  drawn      weapons,    may  have  affrighted  ?      Whether 

mirer     vos,  senex,  qui,  vecti  per  longa  aequora 

may  I  wonder-at    you,    old-men,    who,    borne  through  long  seaa 

it  TyriS,  sede,      posuistis  profugos        Penates 

froiu  Tyrian  sent,  have  placed  [transplanted]  (your)  exiled  Household-gods 

hue,  nunc         sinitis  capi 

hither  [in  this  place],  now    do  ye  permit  (yourselves)  tobetaken-prisoners 

sine      Marto?  Ne  vos,    [30 

without      Mars      [a  battle]  ?     Whether  (may  I  wonder-at)      you, 

0  juvenes,    acrior   setas,    que   propior      meae ;    quos 

0     young-men,     sharper       age,         and         nearer      to  my-own ;    whom 

decebat     tenere  arma,  non  thyrsos  ;  que          tegi 

it  did  become     to  hold          arms,       not  ivy-sceptres ;    and  tc  be  covered 

galea,    non          fronde  ?  Precor,         este 

with  a  helmet,       not    with  a  leaf        [foliage]  ?     I  pray          (you),       be 

memores         qua   stirpe  sitis(«w6.)    creati :    que 

mindful          from  what     stock     ye  may  be     [ye  are]      begotten :       and 

surnite         animos       illius    serpentis,    qui    unus 

assume         t'je  spirits         of  that  serpent,  which      one   [alone] 

perdidit    multos.      Hie    interiit   pro         fontibus    [35 

destroyed         many.  He        perished       for    (his)        fountain 


116  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

que    lacu :    at    vincite-vos    pro    vestra    fama.      Tile 

and         lake :       but        conquer-ye         for  your  fame.  He 

dedit       fortes     leto,    pellite-vos        molles,  et 

gave      the  brave     to  death,         expel-ye         the  soft     [effeminate],  and 

retinete  patrium     decus.     Si      fata      vetabant 

preserve     (your)   native-country   honour.         If  the  fates  did  forbid 

Thebas       stare    diu :       utinam    tormenta    que    viri 

fhebes          to  stand        long:       0  that  engines  and       men 

diruerent         moenia,     que     ferrum     que     ignis 

ffligk':  pull-down         the  walls,  and  iron  and  fire 

40]  sonarent !          Essemus  miseri  sine    crimine. 

might  sound!  We  should  be       wretched  without  a  crime, 

que         sors     querenda,     non     celanda:        lacrymse 

and    (our)    lot  to-be-complained-of,  not  to-be-concealed  :  (our)         tears 

carerent  pudore.       At    nunc    Thebse 

might  want          [be  free  from]     shame.  But       now  Thebes 

capientur   a        inermi  puero,  quern  neque  bella, 

shall  be  taken  by    an  unarmed     boy,        whom     neither       wars, 

nec  tela,  nee      usus     equorum  juvant ;  sed         crinis 

nor  weapons,   nor   the  use      of  horses  delight ;      but     (bis)  hair 

45]        madidus        myrrha,    que          molles    coronae, 

(is)     moist        with  myrrh,  and    (his)     soft  crowns, 

que   purpura,    que  aurum  intextum     pictis  vestibus. 

and        purple,          and        gold        interwoven    in  painted      garments. 

Quern,  quidem,        cogam  actutum  (modo  vos  absistite) 

Whom,        indeed,    I  will  compel      forthwith      (only      ye     stand-away) 

fateri    que         assumptum    patrem    que    commenta 

to  confess     both  (his)        assumed  father        and  feigned 

sacra.  An     est          satis     animi     Ajrisio   con- 

•acred  (rites).     Whether  is  (there)  enough  of  spirit    to  A.'risius        to  de- 

temnere       vanum   numen,    et     claudere       Argolicas 

spise  the  vain  deity,        and  to  shut  the  Argive 

60]    portas  venienti  ;     ad  vena        terrebit  Pen- 

gates        to  (him)  coming;       |  a  stranger    shall  affright         Pen- 

thea  cum       totis  Thebis  ? 

theua     with     the  whole    Thebes  ?     [and  shall  this  stranger  terrify  Pen 

Ite  citi,  ite,"    (imperat  hoc         fa- 

Iheus  and  all  Thebes?]     Go-ye  quick,  go,"  (he  <.-c.mmand.s   this  to  the  .ser 


LIBER    TERTIl'S.  117 

mulis,)    ''  que    attrahite    line       ducein  vinctum. 

vants,)         "and  drag  hither  the  loader  (of  the  -out)        bound. 

Segnis  mora      abesto  jussis."  Avus 

Slow          delay    let  be-absent  from  (my)  commands."     (His)  grandfather 

dictis  hunc,  Athamas  hunc,    caetera 

[Cadmus]  (rebukes)  with  words      him,        Athamas        him,  the  rest-of 

turba  suorum  corripiunt  hunc ;    [55 

the  crowd  [company]  of  his  (friends)        rebuke  him; 

que         laborant  frustra     inhibere.  Est     acrior 

and     they  strive  in- vain    to  restrain    (him).     He  is      more-sharp 

admonitu,    que         retenta    rabies     irritatur 

[fierce]    by  advice,  and  (bis)    checked          rage      is  provoked 

et    crescit :    que        remoratnina     ipsa          nocebant. 

and    increases :      and     the  obstructions         themselves  did  injure. 

Sic    ego          vidi     torrentem     decurrere    lenius     et 

Thus       I        have  seen     a  flood  to  run-down     more-gently  and 

modico  strepitu,   qua     nil         obstabat         eunti: 

with  moderate         noise,        where  nothing  did  oppose         to  (it)  going : 

at     quacunque      trabes     que      obstructa     saxa    [60 

but        wheresoever          beams         and  piled  stones 

tenebant,  ibat  spumeus, 

|  did  detain          (it),  it  did  go  foamy,        [stopped  up  the  channel, 

et  fervens,  et    saevior        ab  objice. 

it  ran  foaming,]  and    boiling,    and  more-fierce  on-account-of  the  barrier. 

Ecce !         redeunt  cruentati,  et         negant         vidisse 

Lo  !          they  return         blood-stained,  and  they  deny       to  have  seen 

Bacchum          domino  quaerenti  ubi  Bacchus         esset. 

Bacchus      to  (their)  master        inquiring  where  Bacchus  might  be  [was]. 

Tamen,         dixere :  "  Cepimus   hunc    comitem 

However,     they  said :  "  We  have  taken  this  attendant 

que  famulum          sacrorum " :         et         tradunt 

and         servant       of  the  sacred          (rites)":     and  they  diliver       (t'»; 

manibus   ligatis   post       terga  (//.). 

with  hands  lashed      behind  the  back. 


118  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 


FAB.  VI.     (Metam.  Lib.  III.  577-^733.) 

NAUT2E      CONVERSI      IN      DKLPH1NES,      ET     PENTHEUS 
TOE  SAILORS       CHANGED    INTO      DOLPHINS,      AND     PENTHEUR 

DISCERPTUS        A  BACCHIS. 

TORN- A  SUNDER    BY    THE  BACCHANTS. 

Pentheus  adspicit  hunc       oculis,  quos  ira    fecerat 

Pentheus          beholds       him     with  eyes,          which  wrath  bad  made 

tremendos ;  et,  quamquam     differt     vix          tempora 

dreadful ;  and,         although     he  puts-off  scarcely    the  times 

poenae,          ait :    "  0  periture,     que       dature 

of  punishment,  he  says  :       "  0  (thou)  about-to-perish,  and  about-to-give 

documenta      aliis      tu&    morte,     ede     tuum    nomen, 

instructions         to  others  by  thy         death,      declare        thy  name, 

que       nomen  parentum   et    patriam ;    que    cur 

and     the  name         of  (thy)  parents  and       country;          and     why 

5]  frequentes    sacra  novi    inoris." 

thou  mayest  frequent  sacred  (rites)  of  a  new        manner." 

Ille,    vacuus         metu,   dixit :         "  Nomen     mihi  est 

He,  void      from  fear,  said :        "  The  name         to  me  if 

Acoetes,         patria  Maeonia :       parentes  de       humili 

Acetes,         (my)  country       Maeonia:     (my)  parents       from  the  humble 

plebe.  Pater  reliquit  non     mihi  arva,  quae 

common-people.     (My)  father          left  not    to  me        lands,   which 

duri  juvenci         colerent,    ve   lanigeros    greges,    non 

hardy     bullocks  might  till,  or    wool-bearing       flocks,  not 

uila  armenta.    Et  ipse  fuit  pauper :  que  aolebat 

any         herds.         And  himself  was        poor:        and  he  was  accustomed 

10]       decipere      lino  et     hamis,  et     duoere 

to  deceive     with  thread  [the  line]  and  the  hook,  and  to  lead  [dr*.w] 

salientes  pisces         calamo.     Sua  ars  erat     census 

the  leaping  fishes    with  a  reed.  His      art       was    an  estate 

illi.       Cum  traderet        artem,      dixit : 

to  him.          When     he  might  [did]  deliver  the  art,  he  said  : 

*  Successor    et    hseres  studii,    accipe 

(Thou)     the  successor  and       heir        of  (my)  pursuit,         n-ceivc 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  119 

opes,  quas     habeo ' :  que  moriens  ille  reliquit  nihil 

the  riches,    which  I  have ' :  and         dying        he        left      nothing 

mihi,    prseter    aquas :     possum     appellare   hoc    [15 

to  me,  except        waters :     I  am-able     to  call  this 

unum         paternum.     Ege     mox       addidici     flectere 

one      (thing)     paternal.  I       by-and-by  learned-besides      to  bend 

regimen         carinae,         dextra         moderante, 

the  direction     of  the  keel,          (my)  right     (hand)     governing,        (that) 

ne-hsererem    semper    in       isdem    scopulis ;    et 

I  might  not-cleave  always         to    the  same  rocks :  and 

notavi      oculis      pluviale  sidus          Oleniac  capellae, 

I  marked  with  eyes      the  rainy     constellation  of  the  Olenian        she-goat, 

que    Taygeten,    que        Hyadas,    que        Arcton,    que 

and         Taygete,  and     the  Hyades,  and     the  Bear,  and 

domos  ventorum,      et          portus     aptos    [20 

the  houses      of  the  winds,  and      the  harbours  fit 

puppibus.         Petens  Delon,         applicor  forte  ad 

for  sterns      [ships].       Seeking       Delos,      I  am  directed     by-chance     to 

oras  Diae    telluris,    et       adducor         littora 

the  coasts     of  the  Di;ui  land,         and  am  led-to  the  shores 

dextris    remis ;      que        do     leves    saltus,    que 

with   right  oars;  and         I  give       light        leaps,  and 

immittor  udse      arenae.       Ubi         nox 

am   eent-in          [alight]     to  the  wet  sand.  When   the  night 

consumpta-est,  Aurora      cosperat  primum     rubes- 
was  spent,  Aurora   had  begun  firstly      to         red- 

cere :    exsurgo,    que    admoneo   inferre   recentes    [25 

den :       I  rise-up,  and    I  admonish  to  bring-in  fresh 

Jatices ;    que      monstro        viam,    quae         ducat    ad 

waters ;  and      I  point-out        the  way,         which     may  lead  to 

undas.         Ipse  prospicio,  quid      aura       promittat 

the  wave?.         '1    in\ >rlf      'look-out,      what   the  gale   may  promise 

mihi  ab     alto  tumulo ;    que     voco         comites,  que 

to  me      from  a  lofty       hillock  ;        and     I  call    (my)   companions,  and 

repeto  carinam.         Opheltes,      primus         soci- 

•eek-again  (my)  keel        [ship].         Opheltes,     the  first         of  (my)  com- 

orum,    inquit:     'En,          adsumus  !'    quo  nactus 

panions,       says  :  '  Lo,     we  arc  present !'  and  having  caught 


120  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

30]      proedam,  ut     putat,  in       deserto  agro,     ducit 

a  prey,  as   he  thinks,     in    the  desert          land,    he  leads 

puerum         virginea    forma    per         littora.        Ille, 

a  boy  with  virgin-like        shape     through  the  shores.  He, 

gravis         mero    que          somno,    videtur      titubare, 

heavy      with  wine          and      with  sleep,  seems       to  stumble, 

que    vix       sequi.       Specto         cultum    que    faciem, 

and    scarcely  to  follow.       I  view          (his)     dress          and  face, 

que  gradum :         videbam  nil    ibi,  quod  posset 

and          step :         I  did  see  nothing  there,   which  might  be  able 

credi  mortale.     Et     sensi,     et  dixi  sociis : 

to b« believed  mortal.          And  I  perceived,  and  said  to  (my) companions: 

35]        '  Dubito   quod   numen       sit   in   isto  corpore ; 

'  I      doubt          what        deity     may  be      in     that  body ; 

Bed     numen  eat  in  isto  corpore.     0,  quisquis        es, 

but    a  deity  is      in     that         body.  0,     whosoever  thou  art, 

faveas   que  adsis        nostris   la- 

mayest    thou    favour        and    mayeet  thou  be-present  to  our  la- 

boribus  !  quoque,  des  veniam     his  ! '    Dictys 

hours !  also,         mayest  thou  give    pardon    to  these ! '         Dictys 

ait :  '  Mitte     precari  pro  nobis  ! '          quo  non  alius 

sayg :     'Omit     to  pray  for          us!'      (than)  whom     not    another 

ocior        conscendere      summas   antennas,    que 

(was)  more-quick    to  mount  the  highest  sailyards,        and 

40]        rudente         prenso   relabi.     Libys  probat  hoc, 

the  rope          being  caught   to  slip-back.     Libys     approves     this, 

flavus    Melanthus,      tutela  prorae,  hoc, 

the  yellow          Melanthus,       the  protection  of  the  prow,    (approves)    this, 

Alcimedon  hoc ;   et  Epopeus,        hortator     ani- 

Ahimedon     (approves)  this;     and     Epopeus,       the  encourager    of  spi- 

morum,  qui       dabat  que  requiem  que  modum       remis 

rit.-.  who  did  give        both        rest         and     measure     to  the  oars 

voce :  omnes      alii  hoc.      Tarn  caeca  est, 

by  (his?  voice :          all    the  others  (approve)  this.  So        blind        is 

cupido     praedae.       Dixi,   tamen :          *  Perpetiar 

(their)  desire    of  prey.  I  said,       however:     'I  will  endure 

46]    non  hanc  pinum  violari         sacro  pondere : 

not       thii        pine  [ship]  to  b«  injured  by  the  lacred          weight: 


LIBER   TERTIL8.  121 

maxima  pars  juris  hie         mihi.'     Que    obsisto 

the  greatest        part  of  right  here  (is)  to  me.'  And   I  oppose  (them) 

in      aditu.     Lycabas,  audacissimus  de  omni     numero, 

in   the  passage.       Lycabas,        most-daring         of      all     the  number, 

furit;  qui,         pulsus  ab     Tusca"  urbe,       luebat 

rages ;      who,  being  expelled  from  a  Tuscan      city,     did  pay        [suffer] 

exsilium         poenam      pro     dira"      caede.      Dum 

(his)         exile       (as)  a  punishment     for    a  dreadful  murder.        Whilst 

resto,     is  rupit      guttura  (pL)  mihi  [50 

I  oppose,    |  he    broke    the  throat  for  me      [f. «.,  he  seized 

juvenili  pugno,  et  misisset 

me  by  the  throat]  with  youthful          fist,         and     might  have  sent 

excussum  in       aequora,  si  haesissem 

(me)      shook-off     into  the  seas,  if  I  might  have  [had]  cleaved 

non,  quamvis  amens,  retentus  in    fune.      Impia 

not,         although  senseless  [stunned],  kept-back    on  a  rope.     The  impious 

turba    probat        factum.       Turn    denique    Bacchus, 

crowd       approves    (the  deed.  Then          finally  Bacchus, 

(enim         fuerat  Bacchus,)  veluti  sopor  so- 

(for       it  had  been  Bacchus,)  a.«-if      sleep    may  have  been  dis- 

lutus-sit         clamore,  que         sensus         redeant    [55 

solved         by  the  cry,  and    (his)    senses      may  return 

a         mero  in         pectora,  ait :  '  Quid     facitis  ?    Quis 

from  the  wine    into  (his)  breasts,       says:     'What    do  ye?  What 

clamor  ?         Dicite,  nautse !     qua  ope 

about  [noise  j  ?         Say,  [tell  me,]  0  sailors  !     by  what  assistance  [means] 

perveni  hue?        Quo         paratis     deferre  me?' 

I  have  arrived        hither?     Whither  do  ye  prepare     to  carry -away     me?' 

Proreus    dixit :      '  Pone      metum,     et    ede    quos 

The  steersman         said :         '  Place-aside       fear,          and  declare     what 

portus  velis    contingere.  Sist^re 

harbours     thm.  mayeit  will     to  touch.  Thou  shalt  be  placed 

terra,    petita.'      Liber    ait:     'Advertite   vestros 

in  the  land  sought.'         Bacchus     says :  '  Turn  your 

cursus     Naxon.     Ilia  est    domus     mihi ;         erit    [60 

I'uiir.-fS  (to)  Nax»s.  That     is  a  habitation  to  me  ;     it  will  be 

hospita    tellus     vobis.'          Fallaces        jurar.t    per 

»  ii'.-]iiuii:c       laud     to  you.'  The  deceitful      (men)  swear  by 


122  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

mare  que  per  omnia       numina  fore      sic; 

the  sea         and      by          all       the  deities      (it)  to  be  about-to-b«       so; 

que        jubent   me     dare   vela         pictse    carinae. 

and     they  order          me   to  give        sails  to  the  painted        keel     [ship]. 

Naxos    erat  dextrS.       Quisque    pro     se     inquit 

Nazos          was     on  the  right  Every-one       for    himself        sayi 

mihi,  danti     lintea  dextra :  '  Quid       facia, 

to  me,        giving  the  linens  [sails]  on  the  right :  '  What    doest-thou, 

65]    demens?  Quis    furor    tenet    te,     Acoete? 

mad  (man)?     What      insanity  possesses  thee,    0  Acoetes? 

Pete       laevam!  Maxima    pars    significat     mihi 

Seek     the  left ! '  The  greatest  part          signifies       to  me 

nutu,  pars  susurrat  aure,  quid  velit. 

by  nod,         part      whispers    in  (my)  ear,          what  it  [they]  may  will. 

Obstupui ;  que     dixi :  '  Alius         capiat  modera- 

I  was  amazed ;  and    I  said :      '  Another  may  take  the  direc- 

mina,'    que     removi    me  ministerio     sceleris 

tions,'          and     I  removed    myself    from  the  office  of  wickedness 

7O]    que         artis.       Increpor  a  cunctis ;  que     totum 

and  of  (my)  art.     I  am  rebuked       by        all;          and     the  whole 

agmen    immurmurat.  E    quibus   JEthalion    ait: 

band  murmurs-at         (me).     Out-of  whom  yEthalion       says- 

'  Scilicet  omnis  nostra  salus  est  posita  in  te  uno  !' 

Forsooth         all  our         safety     is     placed      in  thee  one  [alone]!' 

et     ipse     subit,  que  explet  meum  opus :    que  Naxos 

and  himself  comes-up,  and      fills-up        my        work :       and        Naxos 

relicta1     petit  diversa.  Turn       deus  illu- 

being  left          he  seeks      different  (directions).     Then    the  god      mock- 

dens,    tanquam  senserit    modo    lenique 

ing,  as-if  he  may  have  perceived         now  finally 

76]         fraudem,    prospectat       pontum    e"        aduncS 

the  cheat,  views  the  ooean        from  the  crooked 

puppi,  et  similis          flenti  ait:     'Nautae,  pro- 

stern,        and    like    to  (one)  weeping  says  :  '  0  sailors,        ye  have  pro- 

misistis      non      haec      littora       mihi :      haec     terra 

wised  not          these          shores       to  me:  this  land 

rogata-est  non         mihi.       Quo  facto         menu 

bai  been  asked  not    to  (ky)  me.      By  what     dee-l  ha\  e  I  ile>er\  eo 


LIBER   TERTIU?.  123 

poenam  1       Quae    gloria    est    vestra,    si         juvenes 

punishment?       What        glory          is        yours,          if  ,ye)  young-men 

fallitis     pueruin,    si   multi  unum  1 '         Flebam 

deceive      ahoy,  if      many  (deceive)     one?'         I  did  weep 

jamdudum.  Impia     manus     ridet     nostras    [80 

beg-ago.  The  wicked  band      laugbs-at  our 

lacrymus.  ct  impellit      aequora      properantibus  remis. 

tear.-;,  and     urges       the  seas         with  hastening  oars. 

Nunc      adjuro      tibi    per    ipsum,     (enim    deus    est 

Now          I  swear        to  thee       by        himself,         (for        a  god  is 

non    praesentior  illo,)    me     referre     tibi 

not        more-present  [propitious]  (than)     he,)       me    to  relate         to  thee 

tarn   vera,  quam  majora  fide     veri. 

as-well   true   (things),     as      (things)  greater     (than)  the  belief  of  truth. 

Puppis         stetit          aequore    baud    aliter,    quam 

The  stern     [ship]      stood     in  the  ocean  not       otherwise,         than 

si  teneret         siccum     navale.       Illi    [85 

if      it  might  [did]  hold  the  dry  dock.  They 

admirantes  perstant  in       verbere         remorum,   que 

wondering  persevere      in     the  stroke       of  the  oars,  and 

deducunt  vela,   que   tentant     currere      gemina 

lead-out  [spread]  the  sails,       and  try         to  run  by  double 

ope.  Hederse    impediunt       remos,    que    serpunt 

assistance.  Ivies  entangle         the  oars,  and  creep 

recurvo  nexu,  et  distringuunt      gravidis  corymbis. 

with  crooked     twining,  and  bind        with  heavy  ivy-berries. 

Ipse,  circumdatus      racemiferis  uvis  fron-    [90 

Himself,    surrounded    with  cluster-bearing  grapes  (as  to)  the  fore- 

tem,  agitat     hastam  velatam       pampineis  frondibus. 

head,      shakes     a  spear  covered    with  vine-leafy  boughs. 

Circa  quern  tigres,  que  inania  simulacra  lyncum, 

Around    whom     tigers,      and   empty  [incorporeal]  images    of  lynxes, 

que    fera    corpora      pictarum    pantherarum    jacent. 

and       fierce        bodies       of  painted  panthers  le. 

Viri  exsiluere ;  sive   insania  sive  timor  fecit  hoc : 

The  men      leaped-out ;    whether  madness       or         fear         did          this : 

que  Medon  primus   coepit     nigrescere       pinnis,    [95 

»n>i        Medon         first          began     to  grow-black     with  fins. 


124  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

corpore         depresso,   et      incipit       flecti        cur- 

|his)     body      being  depressed,      and  he  begins    to  be  bent    witb  a  cur- 

varainc         spinae.      Lycabas    dixit     huic :    '  In   quae 

vature      of  the  spine.  Lycabas          said   to  him :          'Into     what 

miracula  verteris ! '    et    lati    rictus    et     panda 

prodigies        art  thou  turned ?'          and    broad     jaws        and  a  crooked 

naris   erat  loquenti,   que       durata  cutis      tra- 

nose         was    (to  him)    speaking,       and    the  hardened     skin    did  draw 

hebat        squamam.     At  Libys  vidit         manus     resi- 

[contract]    a  scale.  But    Libys      saw     (his)     hands  to  spring- 

10O]      lire  in     breve  spatium,  durn      vult    obvertere 

back  into  a  short          space,         whilst  he  wills  to  turn 

obstantes   remos,    et   illas  jam   non     esse  manus, 

the  opposing  oars,        and    those      now      not    to  be  hands, 

jam         posse         vocari    pinnas.           Alter,   cupiens 

now     to  be  able       to  be  called  fins.  Another,        desiring 

dare  bracria  ad       intortos  funes,  habuit 

to  give    [throw]    (his)        arms        to    the  twisted          ropes,  had 

non  brachia  ;  que,  repandus,  desiluit      trunco  corpore 

not          arms ;        and,      bent-back,        leaped  with  truncated          body 

105]      in         undas.         Novissima  cauda  est  falcata, 

into   the  waves.      (His)  newest  tail        is  bent, 

qualia      cornua         dividuae      Lunae.         Dant  saltus 

such-as   the  horns       of  the  divided  [half  ]  Moon.     They  give  leaps 

undique,      que     rorant         multS,     adspergine,     que 

on-every-side,    and       besprinkle  with  much  spray,  and 

emergunt    iterum,    que    redeunt    sub        aequora 

they   emerge  again,          and        return         under    the  seas 

rursuB,  que  ludunt  in       speciem       chori,  que  jactant 

again,        and      sport      into  the  appearance  of  a  danoe,    and  toss 

110]          lasciva  corpora,  et  efflant       mare  asceptum 

(their)  sportive        bodies,     and  blow-out  the  sea  received 

patulis  naribus.         Solus       restabam   de  viginti 

from  wide  nostrils.  'I    alone    'did  remain  of       twenty 

modd,    (enim    ilia    ratis        ferebat    tot.)  Deus 

lately,  (for        that      bark      did  bear  so-many.)     The  god 

firmat,         pavidum  que  gelidum       trementi  corpore, 

»on  inns  (nie),      fearful          aiid          cold       with  trembling  body 


LIBER   TKRTIUS.  125 

ijue    vix   meum,  dicens :  'Excute  metum  corde, 

ami  M-arcely  my-own,      Buying:     'Shake-off         fear     from  (thy)  heart, 

que  tene         Diam.'     Delatus  in  illam,     aris  ac- 

aiul      hold    (for)     Dia.'  Borne      into  that,     the  altars  being  kin- 

censis,     frequento       Baccheia  sacra."  [115 

died,  I  frequent          the  Bncchian         sacred  (rites)." 

Pentheus  inquit :  "  Praebuimus       aures    longia 

Pentheus        says:      "We  have  afforded          (onr)   ears  long 

arabagibus,  ita  ut  ira  posset   absumere       vires 

circumlocutions,  so     that  anger   might  be-able  to  consume      (our;  forces 

mora".     Famuli,  rapite         praecipitem  hinc, 

[strength]  by  delay.          Servants,      hurry  (him)         headlong       hence, 

que    demittite  corpora          cruciata      duris   tor- 

and         send-down     (his)       body     [limbs]     tortured       by  severe       tor- 

mentis     Stygiae  nocti ! "         Tyrrhenus  Acoetes     [120 

ments       to  Stygian       night ! "       The  Tyrrhenian  Acoetes 

protinus    abstractus     clauditur   in   solidis  tectis, 

forthwith        dragged-away  is  shut-up  in         solid       roofs  [houses], 

et    dura         crudelia    instrumenta          jussae       necis, 

and  whilst    the  cruel  instruments        of  the  commanded     death, 

que  ferrum  que  ignes,       parantur,  fama  est      fores 

both         iron         and       fires,      are  prepared,         report      is    the  doors 

patuisse       sua      sponte,    que       catenas,    nullo 

to  have  opened       with  their-own  accord,       and     the  chains,          no-one 

solvente,  lapsas  lacertis  su& 

loosening  (them),  (to  have)  slipped    from  (his)  arms          with  their-own 

sponte. 

accord. 

Echionides    perstat;    nee    jam  jubet       [125 

Echiouides  persists;         nor        now     does  he  order 

ire,     sed     ipse    vadit,    ubi    Cithaeron,  electus 

to  <;o,         but      himself    goes,       where       Cintharon,       being  selected 

a«l         sacra  facienda,         sonabat       cantibus,    et 

I..       the  sacred  (rites)  to-be-made,     did  resound     with  songs,  and 

clara          voce  Bacchantum.       Ut       acer 

with  the  clear    [loud]    voice      of  tin-  Hucchams.  As    a  spirited 

(•(pins    fremit,   cum       bellicus    tubicen       dedit  signa 

ucigbu,        when  the  \v.n-  trumpeter  hag  given       signal? 


126  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

canoro  sere,  que  assumit  amorem    pugnae, 

with  the  tuneful     brass,    and  assumes  [conceives]  the  love     of  battle, 

130]      sic       aether,    ictus       longis  ululatibus,   movit 

BO      the  sky,  struck  with  long  bowlings,  moved 

Penthea :     et        clangore          audito,          ira 

[excited]     Pentheus:        and   the  sound  being  heard,     (his)  anger 

recanduit. 

kindled-again. 

Est  campus  spectabilis  undique,  fere"         medio 

(There)  is    a  plain  visible      on-every-side,  nearly  in  the  middle 

monte,    purus     ab     arboribus,         silvis    cingentibus 

mount,          clear        from  trees,  the  woods         encompassing 

ultima.  Hie         mater   prima   videt   ilium 

the  last  [the  extremities].    Here  (his)  mother        first          saw  him 

cernentem        sacra  profanis     oculis,     prima 

beholding  the  sacred   (rites)    with  profane  eyes,  first 

135]  concita-est         insane  cursu,  prima  violavit 

was  roused  in  a  mad  manner,       first          violated 

suum    Penthea,          thyrso  misso ; 

[wounded]     her          Pentheus,      (her)    thyrsus     being  sent         [flung]  ; 

clamavit :     "  lo,    geminae   sorores      adeste  !      Ille 

she  cried :  "  Ho,          two  sisters       be  present !  That 

maximus    aper,     qui     errat     in    nostris     agris,     ille 

very-great        boar,       which      strays       in  our  lands,        that 

aper      feriendus         mihi."       Omnis       furens    turba 

boar  (is)  to-be-struck  to  [by]  me."  All       the  raging    multitude 

140]      ruit    in  unum.         Cunctae    coe'unt,    que 

rushes  upon  (him)    one  [alone].         All       come-together,    and 

cunctae   sequuntur        jam  trepidum,  jam   loquentem 

all  follow         (him)    now          fearful,          now  speaking 

verba    minus    violenta,     jam    damnantem     se,     jam 

words  less  violent,  now         condemning      himself,     now 

fatentem     se  peccasse.      Tamen    ille    saucius 

•onfessing     himself  to  have  sinned.  However       he         wounded 

lixit :    "  Matertera   Autonoe,    fer   opem  :          umbraa 

laid:  "Aunt  Autonoe,      bring  assistance :     the  shades 

Actseonis  moveant       animos ! "       Ilia   nescit 

of  AcUeon         let  (them)  move         (thy)  minds  [spirits] !"  She  knows- not 


LIBER   TERTIUS.  1-7 

quid  Actaeon,     que  abstulit         dextram  [145 

wh.it      Actaeon    (is),  and  snatched-away  the  right  (hand)  from  (him) 

precanti ;       altera       lacerata-est     Inob  raptu. 

praying;          the  other      was  torn  |  by  Inoan     snatch  [by  Ino]. 

Infelix  habet  non  brachia,  quae  tend  at 

The  unfortunate  (man)     has        not        arms,          which    he  may  stretch 

matri ;    sed       membris         disjectis,    ostendena 

to  (his)  mother;       but    the  limbs  being  scattered,  showing 

trunca  corpora,  ait :  "  Mater,  adspice !  " 

the  maimed     bodies  [members],  he  says:  "Mother,       behold!"     (Those) 

Visis,    Agave    ululavit,    que    jactavit         colla, 

being  seen,  Agave          howled,          and         tossed       (her)     necks 

qua  movit  crinem  per         aera;  que     [150 

and      moved    [shook]    (her)       hair      through  the  air;          and 

complexa       avulsum    caput        cruentis    digitis, 

having  clasped  the  torn-off  head    with  bloody  fingers, 

clamat :  "  lo,    comites,    haec   victoria  est  nostrum 

she  cries :  "  Ho,    companions,     this         victory         is  our 

opus  ! "          Ventus    rapit  altS,    arbore    frondes 

work ! "          The  wind  tears    from  a  high  tree  leaves 

tactas     autumno    frigore,    que    jam    haerentes   male, 

touched  by  autumnal  cold,          and       now          cleaving          badly, 

non   citius   quam     membra      viri     direpta-sunt   [155 

not  raore-quickly  than  the  limbs      of  the  man  were  torn-asunder 

nefandis  manibus.        Ismenides         monitae    talibus 

t>y  abominable       hands.        The  Isinenian  (women)  admonished   by  such 

exemplis    frequentant        nova    sacra,          que    dant 

examples  frequent  the  new          sacred  (rites),    and          give 

thura,  que    colunt       sanctas    aras. 

frankincenses,      and     reverence  the  holy  altars. 


128  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 


LIBER     QUARTUS, 

BOOK  THE  FOURTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  1—54.) 

DERCETES  IN  PISOEM ;      SEMIRAMIS      IN 

DERCETES  (TRANSFORMED)  INTO    APISH;  SEUIRAMIS  INTO 

COLUMBAM;      ET      NAI8     IN  PISOEM. 

A   DOVE;  AND    NAIS    INTO    A   FISH. 

AT  Minyeias  Alcithoe  censet      orgia 

BUT     Minyeian  [daughter  of  Mineus]  Alcithoe         thinks    the  orgies 

del   non         accipienda ;    sed    teineraria,    adhuc 

of  the  god      not    to  be  received ;  but  rash,  yet 

negat  Bacchum   esse       progeniem   Jovis ;    que  habet 

denies        Bacchus     to  be       the  offspring        of  Jupiter;      and  has 

sorores  socias         impietatis.         Sacerdos     jus- 

(her)     sisters     companions    of  impiety.  The  priest  had  or- 

serat    que        dominas   que   famulas  immunes  suorum 

dered       both    the  mistresses      and  maid-servants      free        of  their 

K]      operum    celebrare      festum,  tegi         pelle 

labours      to  celebrate       the  festive  (day),  to  be  covered  with  a  skin 

pectora,     solvere       crinales  vittas, 

(as  to)  the  breasts,        to  loosen       |  the  hairy  fillets,     [the  filleta  of 

sumere  serta  com&,  frondentes  thyrsos 

the  hair,]   to  take          garlands    in  the  hair,  leafy  thyrsusei 

manibus ;     et         vaticinatus-erat         iram  Isesi 

in  hands  ;  and    had  prophesied  the  anger  of  the  injured 

numinis       fore     ssevam.  Que  matres  que  nurus 

deity       to  be  about-to-be  fierce.       Both     mothers    and  daughters-in-law 


LIBER   QUARTU8.  129 

parent:    que   reponunt    telas,   que  calathos,   que    [io 

obey :  and          lay-by  webs,       and         baskets,         and 

infecta   pensa ;    que    dant     thura ;        que        vocant 

unfinished     tasks ;         and       give     frankincenses ;     and     they  call 

Bacchum,    que    Bromium,   que  Lyseum,   que       Igni- 

Uacchus,  and         Bromius,         and       Lyaeus,          and     the     Fire 

fjenam,  que         satum  iterum,  que       solum  bimatrem. 

begotten,     and  (him)  produced     again,      and  (him)  alone  twice-mothered. 

Nyseus      additur      his,    que    indetonsus    Thyoneus, 

Ny.seus         is  added  to  these,     and          unshaven  Thyoneus, 

ct        geuialis    consitor  uvse    cum    Lenaeo,    que 

and   the  genial  planter        of  the  grape       with        Lenaeus,         and 

Nyctelius,    que   parens   Eleleus,   et    Jacchus,   et    [15 

Xyctelius,  and        father        Eleleus,       and     Jacchus,     and 

Evan ;    et  pluriuaa  nomina  praeterea,   quae        habee, 

'-.'van;         and  very-many     names  besides,         which    thou  hast. 

Liber !    per         Graias  gentes.     Enim  inconsumpta 

)  Bacchus !  through  the  Grecian       nations.  For  unwasted 

juventas         tibi ;  tu  seternus  puer ;    tu       con- 

youth  (is)  to  thee;   thou  (art)  an  everlasting    boy;      thou  art    be- 

spiceris    formosissimus  alto    coelo ;       virgineuni 

neld  most-beautiful         in  the  lofty      heaven ;      a  virgin-like 

caput  est     tibi,  cum       adstas  sine  cornibus  ;      Oriens 

head         is     to  thee,  when  thou standest  without     horns;         the  East 

victus  tibi,  usque  ad  qua  decolor  India    [20 

(was)  conquered  for  [by]  thee,  until      to    where      tawny          India 

tingitur         extreme  Gange ;  tu    venerande    mactas 

is  washed      by  the  remotest       Ganges  ;    thou  to-be-reverenced  sacrifices! 

Penthea  que  bipenniferum  Lycurgum,         sacrileges  ; 

I'eiitheus        and         tixo-bearing  Lycurgus,      (both)     sacrilegious; 

que    mittis        Tyrrhena    corpora    in       aequor.      Tu 

an<l        sendest     the  Tyrrhenian  bodies       into  the  sea.  Thou 

premis        colla     bijugum    lyncum,    insignia        pictis 

[.lessest       the  necks  of  double-yoked  lynxes,          remarkable  with pnintc<l 

t'renis :     Bacchae     que    Satyri    sequuntur ;     que    [25 

bridles :         Bacchants       and         Satyrs  follow ;  and 

senex,    qui,    ebrius,   sustinet         ferula     titubantes 

th»  old-man,    who,       drunk.        supports  with  a  stick      (kis)     iremMing 


130  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

artus;     et    hseret    non    fortiter          pando        asello. 

limbs ;        and    sticks          not        strongly      to  a  bent-backed  little-ass. 

Quacunque  ingrederis,      juvenilis     clamor,     et 

Whithersoever      thou  proceedest,          a  youthful  shout,        and 

feminese  voces,  que  tympana  impulsa  palmis, 

female  voices,     and        drums        struck       with  the  palms  [ban  is], 

SO]      que    concava    sera    sonant,    que       buxus 

and         concave      brasses      sound,          and    the  box-tree  [flute] 

longo         foramine.         Ismenides          rogant 

n  ith  long  [many  a]  hole.  The  Ismenian   (women)        ask      (that) 

adsis      pacatus    que   mitis ;    que         colunt 

thou  mayest  be-present  peaceable      and       mild;          and    tbey  cultivate 

jussa    sacra.  Minyeides    solas    intus,    tur- 

the  ordered    sacred  (rites).     The  Minyeides  alone      within,        dis- 

bantes     festa         intempestiv&  Minerva*,    aut  ducunt 

turbing  the  festivals  with  unseasonable  Minerva  [work],  either  lead  [spin] 

lanas,  aut  versant       stamina  pollice,  aut  haerent 

wools,       or        twist        the  threads      with  the  thumb,         or          cleave 

35]  telae,    que   urgent      famulas  laboribus. 

to  the  web,         and        press     the  maid-servants  with  labours. 

Una      e      quibus,    deducens       filum        levi    pollice, 

One       out-of      whom,         drawing-out   the  thread  with  light          thumb, 

inquit :  "  Dum  alias  cessant,  que  frequentant  commenta 

says:  "  Whilst  others      loiter,       and         frequent  feigned 

sacra,         nos    quoque,    quas    Pallas,     melior     dea, 

sacred  (rites),  we  also,          whom         Pallas,     a  better       goddess, 

detinet,       levemus       utile    opus          manuum     vario 

detains,     may  lighten         the  useful     work   of  the  hands          in  various 

Bermone,    que       referamus   per   vices,   in       medium 

discourse,         and  may  relate  by        turns,  |  into   the  middle 

ad  vacuas  aures,  aliquid 

to        vacant      ears,    [in  common  to  our  disengaged  ears,]    some  (thing) 

40]    quod        sinat    non        tempora     videri    longi." 

which    may  permit       not      the  times  to  seem  long." 

Sorores   probant       dicta,    que  jubent         primam 

The  sisters  approve       the  words,       and        order      (her)  first 

narrare.       Ilia     cogitat     quid  referat        3 

to  relate.  She  thinks          what      she  may  relate        out-of 


LIBER   QUARTUS.  131 

multis,          (nam  n6rat  pluriraa,)    ct   est   dubia 

many  (thi  IPS),       (for    she  had  known    very-many,)    and     is     doubtful 

narret   de   te,    Babylonia    Derceti,    [45 

(whether)  she-may  relate         of    thee,     Babylonian         Dercetia, 

quam  figurS        versa"           Palsestini     credunt      cele- 

whom       shape    being  changed  thepeople-of-Palestine  believe  tohavefre- 

br£sse       stagna  squamis  velantibus  artus  ;  an  magis 

quented    the  ponds  scales  covering        limbs;       or        rather 

ut       filia       illius  pennis  sumptis,  egerit 

how  the  daughter  of  her     feathers  [wings]  being  taken,  may  have  acted 

extremes    annos   in   albis    turribus :     an     ut 

[spent]  the  last  years       in     white         towers :         or-else  how 

Nais  verterit  juvenilia  corpora  in  tacitos 

Nais  may  have  changed        youthful  bodies      into      silent  [dumbj 

pieces,     cantu    que     herbis    nimium    potentibus,    [50 

fishes,      by  song          and  by  herbs  too  powerful, 

donee        passa-est        idem :     an    ut        arbor,    quae 

until         she  suffered  the  same :      or-else  how  the  tree,  which 

ferebat   alba   poma,           nunc       ferent   nigra 

did  bear  white     apples  [fruits],  now     may  bear         black  (apples) 

contactu  sanguinis.       Haec  placet ; 

by  the  touch        [stain]       of  blood.  This      (fable)      pleases ; 

orsa  (est)   hanc     talibus   modis,    quoniam       fabula 

she  began  this     in  such  manners,          since         the  fable 

est   non   vulgaris,       lan£   sequente   sua   fila. 

ii         cot        common,     the  wool        following        her    threads. 


FAB.   II.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  55—166.) 

PYRAMUS     ET    THISBE. 
PTRAMUS    AND     TU1SBK. 

Pyramus    et    Thisbe,       alter  pulcherrimus 

Pyramus       ami       Thisbe,      the  other  [one]  the  handsomest 

juvenum,      altera  praelata         puellis,  quas     Orien8 

of  young-men,  the  other        preferred    to  the  girls,          which  the  East 

habuit,     tenuere     contiguas     domos,     ubi    Semiramis 

liu  I,  pos  icssed         contiguous         houses,       where          Suiuiramii 


132  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

dicitur  cinxisse         urbem       coctilibus     mum 

is  said         Jo  have  surrounded  (her)     city     with  baked    [brick]       walls 

6]     Vicinia         fecit  notitiam,  que      primes  gradus ; 

Neighbourhood  made  acquaintance,  and    the  first  steps 

amor  crevit   tempore.  Taedae   quoque 

(of  intimacy);  love        grew   by  time.  The  marriage-torches       also 

co'issent      jure,          sed          patres   vetu£re. 

might  have  united      |  by  right  [duly],    but  (their)  fathers  forbad. 

Ambo       ardebant  ex-aequo       captis  mentibus,   quod 

Both        did  burn  equally     with  caught         minds,  which 

potuere  non     vetare.      Omnis         conscius 

they  were-able      not    to  forbid.  All  [every]    conscious     (person) 

abest :         loquuntur     nutu  que     signis,  que       tanto 

is-distant :  they  speak  by  nod       and  by  signs,       and    by-so-much 

10]        ignis  aestuat  magis  quo  magis 

the  fire          beats      the-more  (as)  by  what  [by  how  much]  the-more 

tegitur.     Paries  communis  utrique  domui    fissus-erat 

it  is-covered.  A  wall  common     to  each  house      had  been-clef' 

tenui   rima,    quam         duxerat  olim,    cum 

with  a  slender   chink,       which  it  had  led  [contracted]    formerly,   when 

fieret,  amantes   primi   sensistis    id 

it  might  be  made     [was  made],  'ye     loving  first         'perceived  that 

vitium  notatum         nulli  per  longa  saecula,  (quid 

flaw  remarked  to  [by]  none  through  long        ages,          (what  'does 

amor    non    sentit  ?)    et       fecistis      iter  voci ; 

love          not       'perceive?)     and  ye  made  a  passage   for  the  voice; 

que   blanditise         solebant     transire   tutae    per   illud 

and        kindnesses    were  accustomed  to  pass  safe     through      that 

16]  minimo  murmure.         Que  ut         constite- 

with  the  least          murmur  [whisper].    And      as   they  had  stood, 

rant,     Thisbe     hinc,    Pyramus    illinc,  anhelitus 

Thisbe    on-thia-side,   Pyramus    on-that-side,    the  panting 

oris  captatus-fuerat  saepe"  invicem  ; 

[breathing]  of  the  mouth  had  been  caught  often       mutually ; 

dicebant :     "  Invide    paries,     quid    obstas 

they  did   say:  "Envious          wall,  why      opposest-thou 

amantibus?  Quantum  erat,  ut  sineres 

to  (these)  loving?  How-much    wag-it,  that  thou  mightest  pcnui' 


LIBER    QUARTUS.  133 

noa         jungi  toto  corpore !      Aut   si   hoc    [20 

us     to  be  united    with  the  whole      body !  Or        if       this 

nimium,  vel  pateres  ad  oscula  danda. 

(be)  too-much,    or  [at  least]  thou  mightest  be-open  to     kisses  to-lie-given. 

Nec    sumus    ingrati :       fatemur    nos     debere     tibi, 

Nor         are-we      ungrateful :  we  confess  us      to  owe  to  thee, 

quod     transitus  datus-est     verbis    ad    arnicas 

that        a  passage          has  been  given  to  words          to         friendly 

aures."  Locuti  talia  nequidquam       diversa 

ears."          Having  spoken        such  (things)         in-vain  in  a  different 

sede,  dixere  sub  noctem,  Vale !  que    [26 

scat  [place],  they  said       under  [about]      night,       Farewell!    and 

quisque         dedere     suae       parti         oscula  non  per- 

every-one  [each]  gave       to  their-own    part  [side]     kisses       not         ar- 

venienta     contra. 

riving          on-the-other-side. 

Postera  Aurora      removerat      nocturnos  ignes, 

The  following     Aurora    had  removed          the  nightly  fires, 

que      Sol      siccaverat          radiis      herbas  pruinosas, 

and    the  Sun  had  dried          with  (bis)  beams   the  herbs  hoary 

coiere          ad       solitum    locum.      Turn 

(with  dew),    they  came-togethcr     to     the  accustomed     place.  Then 

questi    multa        prius         parvo  murmure, 

baring  complained  many  [much]  before  with  a  little       murmur  [whisper], 

statuunt,  ut  tentent   fallere         custodes    [30 

they  resolve,      that  they  may  try          to  deceive    (their)  guardians 

sub  silenti  nocte,  que    excedere  foribus  : 

under  [in]  the  silent        night,        and  to  depart          from  the  doors  : 

que  cum  exierint       domo,  relinquant 

and      when  they  shall  have  gone-out  from  home,    they  may  leave 

quoque      tecta         urbis;  neve  sit         errandum 

all.1  the  houses  of  the  city ;        |  lest    it  may  be     tu  be  wandered 

spatiantibus          lato    arvo,  conveniant 

by  (them)  reaming  in  the  wide       land,    they  may  assemble 

ad         busta 

pest  perhaps  they  might  wander  long  in  open  field,  to  meet]  at  the  sepulchre* 

Nini,      que        lateant     sub          umbrfi        arboris. 

>f  Ninus,         and     may  lie-bid          under      the  shade         of  a  true. 


134  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

35]        Arbor,       ardua    morua,    erat    ibi,    uberrima 

A  tree,  a  lofty        mulberry,       was      taere,    most-fruitful 

niveis    pomis,  contermina      gelido  fonti.          Pac- 

with  snow-white  apples,        adjoining      to  a  cool      fountain.    The  agree- 

ta     placent;    et        lux  visa      decedere    tardfc, 

mcnts    please;          and  the  light  having  seemed  to  depart  slowly, 

praecipitatur          aquis,   et  nox  surgit  ab         isdem 

is  precipitated          on  the  waters,     and  night    arises     from    the  same 

aquis.     Callida  Thisbe,     cardine       versato,  egreditur 

waters.  The  cunning     Thisbe,  the  hinge      being  turned,  goes-out 

per         tenebras,  que  fallit  suos ;  que  adoperta 

througt  the  darknesses,   and  deceives     her  (friends);     and  covered 

40]          vultum   pervenit  ad       tumulum ;    que   sedit 

(aa  to)   the  countenance  arrives         to    the  hillock ;  and          sat 

sub         dicta  arbore.     Amor      faciebat         audacem. 

under   the  said  tree.  Love      did  make          (her)  bold. 

Ecce !     leaena,  oblita  spumantes  rictus     recenti 

Lo  !          a  lioness,     smeared  (as  to)  the  foaming  jaws     by  the  fresh 

csede         bourn,     venit     depositura  sitim    in 

slaughter  of  oxen,  comes     about-to-put-off  [to  quench]    thirst      in 

unda  vicini         fontis.      Quam   Babylonia 

the  wave  [water]  of  the  neighbouring  fountain.         Which        Babylonian 

45]    Thisbe  vidit    procul    ad  radios         Lunae; 

Thisbe         saw   at-a-distance   to  [by]  the  rays        of  the  Moon ; 

et        fugit        timido    pede    in     obscurum    antrum ; 

aud  she  fled       with  timid  foot      into  a  dark  cave; 

que   dum      fugit,  lapsa       relinquit         velamina 

and      whilst  she  flees,     having  slipped  she  leaves  (her)       '       veils 

tergo.  Ut       saeva  lea  compescuit  sitim 

|  from  the  back  [behind].     When  the  cruel    lioness     quenched         thirst 

multa  unda,          dum       redit    in     silvas,  laniavit 

with    much      wave  [water],  whilst  she  returns  into  the  woods,      she  toie 

50]        tenues    amictus      cruentato   ore,          inventos 

the  thin  coverings  with  blood-stained  mouth,  being  found 

forte       sine     ipsa.       Pyramus,          egressus    seriiis, 

by-ohance  without  herself.  Pyramus,    having  gone-out    more-lately, 

vidit       certa  vestigia       ferae     in       alto  pulvere,  que 

law        the  sure        traces     of  a  wild-beait  in  the  deep         dust,          and 


LIBER   QUARTUS.  186 

cxpalluit         to  to     ore.         Vero  ut     reperit     vestem 

grew-pale    in  the  whole  countenance.     But   when  he  found    the  garment 

tinctam        sanguine    quoque,       inquit :    "  Una    nox 

tinged         with  blood  also,          he  says :  "One       night 

perdet       duos  amantes ;     e   quibus  ilia  fuit    [55 

(ball  destroy    (us)  two          loving;       out-of   whom       she       was 

dignissima  longa   vita :    nostra       anima   est 

the  most- worthy    with  [of]    long          life:          our     [my]     soul  i» 

nocens.         Ego       peremi  te,    miseranda,  qui        jussi 

injuring  [guilty].    I  have  destroyed  thee,  0  to-be-pitied,    who  commanded 

venires     nocte  in  loca  plena     metfts ; 

(that)  thou  mightest  come        by  uight    into  places      full     of  fear  ; 

nec    veni  hue  prior.  0,  qui- 

nor    I  came  hither  former  [and  I  came  not  hither  first  myself].    0,  what- 

cunque    leones    habitatis    sub    hac     rube,     divellite 

ever  lions  dwell          under      this        rock,      tear-asuiider 

nostrum    corpus,    et    consumite        scelerata    viscera 

our        [my]     body,          and         consume        the  guilty  bowels 

fero  morsu !     Sed     est  timidi  [eo 

with  fierce     bite!  But    it  is      (the  part)  of  a  cowardly  (man) 

optare   necem ! "         Tollit  velamina     Thisbes, 

to  wish  death ! "  He  bears-away  the  veils  of  Thisbe, 

et   fert  secum    ad       umbram         pactse 

and  carries  (them)  with-him     to     the  shade         of  the  agreed  [appointed] 

arboris.       Que    ut      dedit    lacrimas         notae    vesti, 

tree.  And       as     he  gave  tears       to  the  known  garment, 

dedit       oscula.       Inquit :     "  Accipe    nunc   quoque 

be  gave     (it)     kisses.      He  says :  "  Receive        now  also 

haustus      nostri  sanguinis ! "      Que 

j  the  draughts     of  our          [a  draught  of  my]         blood!"  And 

demittit     ferrum,  quo  accinctus-erat, 

he  sends         the  iron    [sword]   with  which  he  had  been  girt, 

in          ilia.       Nec        mora ;    moriens,     traxit        [35 

into  (his)  bowels.       Nor  (was)  delay;          dying,       he  drew     (it) 

£  ferventi  vulnere,   ut    jacuit  resupinus     humo. 

from  the  glowing  wound,        as  he  lay  supine  on-the-ground. 

Cruor    emicat    alte,  non   aliter,    quain    chn» 

The  gore  spouts      highly  [aloft],     not     othcrwiie,      than       when 


136  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

plumbo         vitiato      fistula  scinditur,  et  ejaculatur 

the  lead  being  spoiled    the  pipe       is  severed,         and  shoots 

longd      tenues  aquas  stridente  foramine,  atque 

far          the  thin  waters    from  the  hissing  aperture,  and 

70]    rumpit     ae'ra     ictibus.         Arborei   foetus 

breaks     the  air  with  blows.  The  arboreal  productions  [fruits] 

vertuntur    in       atram    faciem  adspergine 

•re  turned  into     a  block       appearance     from  the  sprinkling 

csedis ;  que     radix  madefacta          sanguine  tingit 

of  the  slaughter;  and  the  root        moistened    with  the  blood  dyes 

pendentia   mora  puniceo    colore. 

the  hanging        mulberries  with  a  purple  colour. 

Ecce !    metu    nondum         posito,    ilia    redit,    ne 

Lo !  fear          not-yet    being  laid-aside,     she      returns,     lest 

fallat         amantem;    que       requirit      juvenem 

she  may  deceive  (him)     loving;  and    she  seeks  the  youth 

75]          oculis    que        animo ;    que    gestit     narrare 

with  eyes  and    with  mind ;  and       desires    to  relate 

quanta  pericula  vitarit  (perf.  sub.}.  Que 

how-great  dangers     she  may  have  [has]  avoided.  And 

ut          cognovit       locum    et        versam    formam    in 

when    she  knew  the  place         and  the  changed  form          on 

arbore,  (sic       color         pomi         facit      incertam,) 

the  tree,          (thus  the  colour  of  the  apple  [fruit]  makes  (it)      uncertain/ 

haeret,  an     haec       sit.  Dum      dubitat, 

she  sticks  [doubts],  whether  this  maybe  (the  tree).  Whilst  she  doubts, 

videt   tremebunda   membra      pulsare        cruentum 

she  sees  trembling  limbs         to  beat  the  bloody 

solum ;   que   tulit         pedem   retro  ;   que   gerens   or» 

ground;       and       bore  (her)      foot      backward;    and       bearing    look* 

80]    pallidiora  buxo,        exhorruit,    instar 

more-pale          than  the  box-tree,  she  trembled,  like      of  th» 

aequoris,    quod   fremit.    cum         summum     stringitur 

ocean,  which       roars,          when    (its)          top          is  brushed 

exigua1  aura     Sed  postquam       remorata     cognovit 

by  a  small        gale.        But     after-that    having  delayed    she  recognized 

BUDS    amores,        percutit          indignos  lacertos 

her  loveg,       she  strikes          (her)  unworthy  [innocent] 


LIBER    QUARTUS.  137 

claro    plangore ;    et    laniata  comas,    que 

with  a  loud  sound;  and         torn     (as  to)  the  hair,  and 

amplexa        amatum    corpore,       supplevit    [85 

having  embraced       the  beloved  body,         she  filled 

vulnera     lacrimis ;  que  miscuit      fletum         cruori ; 

the  wounds  with  tears;  and  mingled  (her)  weeping  to  the  gore; 

et    figens    oscula   in        gelidis   vultibus,       clamavit : 

and     fixing        kisses       in     the  cold          countenances,  she  cried : 

"  Pyrame,    quis    casus        ademit      te  mihi  ? 

•'  0     Pyramug,        what     calamity  has  taken-away  thee  to  [from]  me  ? 

Pyrame,  responde  :     carissime,  tua  Thisbe  nominat 

0  Pyramus,         answer :         0  dearest,  thy     Thisbe    names  [calls] 

te.     Exaudi,  que  attolle        jacentes         vultus."    [90 

thee.         Hear,         and       raise     (thy)      lying  [prostrate]     looks." 

Pyramus  erexit         oculos,  jam  gravatos      morte,  ad 

Pyramus          raised    (his)     eyes,         now  weighed-down  by  death,        at 

nomen     Thisbes,  que  ilia1         visa",  recondidit. 

the  name        of  Thisbe,          and     she    being  seen,         re-closed     (them). 

Quse   postquam    cognovit   et   suam    vestem,    et    vidit 

Who        after-thai          recognized  both  her-own     garment,     and        saw 

ebur   vacuum  ense ;       inquit :     "  Infelix, 

the  ivory     empty  [deprived  of]  the  sword;  she  says:          "  Unfortunate, 

tua  manus  que  amor       perdidit  te.       Fortis  manus 

thy       hand         and       love      has  destroyed     thee.     A  brave  hand 

est  et     mihi  in  hoc  unum  ;         et  amor  est :  [95 

is     also  to  me     unto   this     one    (thing);  and   love       is     (tome): 

hie       dabit  vires  in  vulnera.         Persequar 

this  will  give     forces  [strength]  unto  wounds.     I  will  follow  (thee) 

extinctum,    que  dicar       miserrima    caussa    que 

destroyed,  and  shall  be  said       the  most-wretched      cause          and 

comes        tui  leti ;  que,         qui  poteras       revelli     a 

•ompanion  of  thy  death  ;     and  (thou),  who    wast-able  to  be  torn        from 

me,    heu !     morte    solA,          poteris          revelli    nee 

me,        alas !  by  death          alone,     shall  be-able       to  be  torn          neither 

morte.     Tainen,  0  parentes,  multilm  miseri,     [ioo 

ly  death.          However,     0        parents,  much       wretched, 

mei  que   illius,    estote  rogati          verbis    amborum, 

»f  ma       and  of  him,          be-ye     entreated  by  the  words     of  both, 


138  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

ut  invideatis  non         componi         eodem  tumulo 

•hat  ye  may  envy  m»t  to  be  placed-together  in  the  same          tomb 

quos  certus  amor,  quos      novissima  hora  junxit. 

(those)  whom      rare        love,      whom  the  newest  [latest]  hour      united. 

At  tu,    arbor,   quae  nunc  tegis         miserabile  corpus 

But  thou,  0  tree,         which      now     coverest     the  pitiable  body 

105]          unius  ramis,  mox    es    tectura 

of  the  one     with  (thy)  boughs,     soon    art  about- to-cover  (those) 

duorum,  tene  signa         csedis ;  que  semper  habe 

of  the  two,  retain    marks  of  the  slaughter;  and       always        have 

foetus       pullos    et    aptos        luctibus,         monumenta 

productions  black       and         fit          for  mourn  ings,      the  memorial* 

gemini  cruoris ! "         Dixit ;  et      mucrone       aptato 

of  twin  gore  !  "  She  said ;        and  the  blade        being  fitted 

sub        iuium    pectus,        incubuit  ferro, 

[directed]  under    the  lowest          breast,       she  lay-on  to  the  iron, 

quod   adhuc   tepebat   &         cade.         Tarn  en,       vota 

which       as-yet      waa-warm  from  the  slaughter.        However,     the  vows 

L1C]  tetigere      deos,  tetigere      parentes :    nam 

[wishes]  touched     the  gods,       touched     the  parents :  for 

ater  color  est  in      porno,         ubi  permaturuit ; 

a  black    colour      is      in  the  apple  [berry],  when  it  has  ripened ; 

que    quod    superest  rogis,       requiescit    in 

and        what        remains          from  the  funeral-piles,  rests  in 

una    urna. 


FAB.  III.    (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  389-^15.) 

MINYEIDES  IN      VE8PERTILIONES. 

THE  MLVTKWES  (CHANGED)    WTO  BATS. 

Finis  erat         dictis ;  et  adhuc      Minyeia  proles 

An  end          was   to  the  words ;     and     as-yet  the  Minyeian     offspring 

nrget       opus,    que    spernit        deum,    que    profanat 

the  work,         and        despised      the  god,  and  profanes 

festum ;  cum         tympana     non     apparentia 

jlie  Tenth e          (day);     when      the  drums  not  appearing 


LIBER    QUARTUS.  189 

obstrepuere  subitd     raucis  sonis ;  et     tibia        adunco 

rattled  suddenly  with  hoarse  sounds;  and  thepipe  with  the  crooked 

coruu,    que    tinnula   aera   sonant;    que   myrrhse     [5 

horn,          and       tingling     brasses     sound :          and  myrrhs 

que     croci     redolent ;  que     res  major         fide,     telae 

aud  saffron -flowers    scent;          and  a  thing  greater  (tban)  faith,  the  webs 

coepere     virescere,  que      pendens  vestis  frondescere 

began         to  grow-green,      and  the  banging          robe      to  grow-verdant 

in        faciem       hebderae.     Pars  abit  in  vites; 

intc  the  appearance  of  ivy.  Part  departs  [changes]  into    vines; 

et  quse  modo  fuerunt  fila,         mutantur        palmite; 

and  what     lately        were        threads,   are  changed     with  a  vine-branch ; 

pampinus      exit      de          stamine ;        purpura    [io 

a  vine-leaf        comes-forth  from     the  warp;  the  purple 

accommodat  fulgorem         pictis  uvis.     Que  jam     dies 

lends  brightness    to  the  painted  grapes.     And     now    the  day 

exactus-erat,    que        tempus        subibat,    quod 

had  been  spent-oat,  and     the  time  did  come-on,         when 

tu  posses     dicere    nee    tenebras    nee    lucem ; 

thou  mightest  be-able  to  call          neither     darknesses       nor  light; 

sed      confmia   tamen     dubiae   noctis    cum   luce. 

but    the  confines  so-as     of  doubtful      night        with      light     [day]. 

Tecta   videntur         quati   repente,    que       pingues 

The  roofs  seem          to  be  shaken     suddenly,       and     the  fat 

lampades     ardere,  et      sedes     collucere     rutilis    [15 

lamps  to  blaze,         and  the  houses  to  shine  with  ruddy 

ignibus,  que  falsa  simulacra   saevarum  ferarum 

fires,  and      false  [fictitious]     images       of  cruel  wild-beasts 

ululare.         Sorores  latitant  jamdudum  per      fumida 

t<>  howl.  The  sisters  lie-hid         long-since  through    the  smoky 

tecta;  que  diversse     locis  vitant       ignes  ac      luraina. 

roofs;        and     different    in  laces      avoid     the  fires       and  the  light. 

Que  dura         petunt  latebras,    membrana    porrigitur 

And     whilst   they  seek         lurking-holes,  a  membrane        is  extended 

per         parvos  artus,  que  tenues  pennae  inducunt    [20 

through  the  littlo         limbs,     and      thin         feathers  len-J-ou  [cover] 

brachia.     Nee       tenebrae  sinunt          scire     quS 

'their)  anu.  Nor    the  darknesses    permit  (then    io  know  in  what 


J40  OVIDH  METAMORPH. 

ratione  perdiderint  veterem    figuram. 

manner    they  may  have  lost  (their)      ancient  snap*. 

Pluma  levavit          non  illas ;  tamen,       sustinuere 

The  feather     lightened  [lifted]  not     them ;     however,  they  supported 

Be  perlucentibus    alls;     que  conatae 

themselves    with  transparent  wings;       and     having  endeavoured 

loqui,        emittunt   minimam  vocem   pro 

to  speak,   they  send-forth  a  very-little         voice        for  [in  proportion  toj 

25]  corpore;      que      peragunt     leves     querelas 

(their)      body;  and  finish  light        complainti 

stridore.       Que        celebrant    tecta,    non    silvas ; 

with  a  hiss.  And    they  frequent  roofs,       not          woods ; 

que    porosae       lucem,      volant     nocte ;    que   trahunt 

and  much-hating  the  light,     they  fly          by  night;         and      draw 

nomen   a       aero   vespere. 

[derive]    the  name       from  the  late        evening. 


FAB.  IV.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  416—541.) 

INO     ET      MELICERTA  IN     MAKINGS     DEOS. 

1NO  AND    MELICERTES  (CHANGED)   INTO  MARINE     DEITIES. 

Turn  vero      numen     Bacchi  erat  memorabile     totis 

Then    truly    the  deity        of  Bacchus     was       memorable  in  the  whole 

Thebis  (pl>) ;  que      matertera  narrat      magnaa  vires 

Thebes ;  and  the  aunt  relates     the  great  forces 

novi   dei  ubique ;    que   de     tot   sororibus 

[power]    of  the  new       god  everywhere  ;  and  out-of  so-many          sister* 

una         erat  expers   doloris^  nisi         quern    sororee 

'she  one  [alone] 'was       free     of  grief,         unless  (that)  which  the  sisters 

fecere.  Juno  adspicit  hanc  habentem  sublimes 

mude  [occasioned].   Juno       beholds        her  having  lofty 

6]      animos  natis,    que         thalamo      Atha- 

minds  [stints]    in  the  children,    and    in  the  bed-chamber  of  Atba- 

mantis,    et  numine          alumni ;     nee    tulit ; 

mas,  and  in  the  deity          (her)       ward;  nor        bore     (it); 

et  secum :       u  Natus          pellice    potuit 

»nd    (siiys;    with  [to]  herself:       '"He  born       from  a  harlot 


LIBER   QUARTUS.  141 

yertere  Mseonios    nautas,    que     immergere 

to  turn   [transform]   the  Mseonian          sailors,         and  to  plunge 

pelago,  et    dare     viscera        nati  laceranda 

( them)  in  the  ocean,      and  to  give  the  bowels     of  Jie  eon          to-be-torn 

suse   matri,    et      operire      triplices      Minye'idas 

to  [by]  hie       mother,     and  to  cover        the  triple    [three]         Minyeide.- 

novis   alia :          Jirno   poterit  nil,     nisi    fio 

with  new         wings:    'shall  Juno        'be-able  (to  do)  nothing, unless 

flere    inultos    dolores  ?    que   est   id   satis       mihi  ? 

to  weep    unrevenged      griefs  ?  and      is      that  enough  for  me  ? 

est    hsec    una    potentia    nostra?  Ipse 

is          this      |  one          power  ours?    [my  only  power ?]     Himself 

docet    quid          agam ;     (est    fas          doceri    et    ab 

teaches     what    I  may  do ;  (it  is       right  to  b«  taught     even     by 

hoste ;)    que     ostendit   que    satis    ac  super 

an  enemy;)       and  he  shows  both  sufficiently  and  auove  [more  than] 

quid  furor     valeat       Penthea1  caede.  Cur        non    [15 

what     fury  may  avail  by  the  Penthean  slaughter.  Why  'should  not 

Ino  stimuletur,  que  eat  per  exempla  cognata        suis 

Ino         'be-goaded,       and      go  through  examples      |  allied     to  her-own 

furoribus  ?  " 

ravings?"  [t.  e.,  akin  to  those  of  her  sisters?] 

Est  declivis  via,  nubila  funesta  taxo: 

There  is      a  steep  way,    cloudy  [gloomy]  by  a  funereal         yew : 

ducit     ad        infernas    sedes     per     muta     silentia. 

it  leads          to      the  infernal  seats     through  speechless       silences. 

Iners      Styx     exbalat     nebulas ;      que    recentes 

The  sluggish      Styx  exhales  mists;  and  recent 

umbrae         que   simulacra  functa  [20 

•hades  [ghosts]  and         images          having  discharged    [quitted] 

sepulcria  (all.)      descendunt     illa"c.       Pallor      que 

the  sepulchres  descend  there.          Paleness         and 

hyems    tenent       loca   late"    senta ;    que   novi    manes 

winter         possess    the  places  widely    thorny;       and       new          ghosts 

ignorant    qua        iter  sit,    quod    ducit    ad 

know-not       where    the  journey  [way]  maybe,         which       leads         to 

Stygiam  urbem  :  ubi       fera  regia     nigri  Ditis    sit. 

tb*  Stygian  city  :      where  the  fierce  palace   of  black    Pluto  may  be 


142  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

Capax  urbs  habet   mille  aditus,    et  portas  apertas 

The  capacious  city        has  a  thousand  approaches,  and    gates  opened 

undique.      Que   ut      fretum  flumina   de     tota" 

on-every-side.     And      a*     a  gulf         (receives)      rivers       from  a  whole 

26]    terra,    sic    ille    locus    accipit    omnes    animas ; 

land,          so       that      place         receives          all  souls ; 

nec    est   exiguus        ulli   populo,   ve   sentit       turbam 

nor      is-it        small        for  any       people,       or    perceives  the  crowd 

accedere.         Umbrae  erant  exsangues,  sine  corpore 

to  approach.         The  shades          were          bloodless,     without  body 

et  ossibus ;  que  pars  celebrant      forum,  pars      tecta 

and     bones ;         and      part        frequent    the  forum,       part     the  roofs 

imi     tyranni  ;  pars  exercent  alias  artes, 

[mansions]  of  the  lowest     tyrant;          part        exercise       other          arts, 

30]         imitamina  antiquse  vitae ;    sua         poena 

the  resemblances  of  (their)  ancient          life;  their-own  punishment 

coercet    aliam   partem.       Saturnia   Juno,         coelesti 

restrains      another        part  Saturnian        Juno,    (her)  heavenly 

sede        relictS,    sustinet     ire   illuc,  (dabat 

seat    being  left,  endures    to  go      thither,    (she  did  give    [yield] 

tantum     odiis   que     irae.)      Quo     eimul          intravit, 

so-much     to  hatreds  and  to  anger.)     Whither  as-soon-as  she  entered, 

que      limen  pressum  S,         sacro  corpore  ingemuit, 

and   the  threshold  pressed     by  (her)  sacred       body   groaned  [sounded], 

Cerberus  extulit         tria  ora,    et  edidit  tres  latratus 

Cerberus  raised     (his)  three  mouths,  and  sent-forth  three     barkings 

36]    simul.  Ilia  vocat    sorores  genitas       nocte, 

at-the-same-time.  She      calls  the  sisters         begotten  by  [of]  night, 

grave  et   implacabile   numen.  Sedebant 

*  heavy   [severe]   and     implicable  deity.        They  did  sit 

ante        fores          carceris,    clausas     adamante;    que 

before   the  doors     of  the  prison,  shut     by  adamant;  and 

pectebant   atros   angues  de  suis  crinibus.      Quam 

did  comb  black       snakes    from    their        hairs.  Whom 

simul          dese         agndrunt   inter     umbras    caliginis 

as-soon-as  the  goddesses     recognized      among  the  shades   of  darkness 

40]  surrexere.          Vocatur        Scelerata     sedes. 

they  arose.  It  is  called  the  Wicked  seat 


LIBER    QUARTUS.  148 

Tityos         prtebebat  viscera    lanianda  ;     que 

Tityos        did  afford        [yield]     (his)     bowels          to-he^torn;  and 

distractns-erat     novem  jugeribus. 

had  been  |  drawn-asunder       on  nine  acres       [stretched  through 

Tantale,  nullae  aquse      deprenduntur 

of  nine  acres].  0  Tantalus,       no       waters  are  caught 


tibi;    que      arbor,    quae   imrainet,    effugit 

(or  [by]  thee  ;       and  the  tree,          which       impends,        escapes  (thee) 

Sisyphe,  aut         petis,  aut  urges      saxum  ruiturum. 

0  Sisyphus,    either  thon  seekest,    or    pushest  the  stone  about-to-tnmble. 

Fxion      volvitur,    et    que    sequitur    que   fugit       [45 

Izion      is  rolled,  and     both        follows          and     escapes 

Be;        que       Belidee          ausae     moliri   letum       suis 

himself:    and     the  Belides     having  dared  to  plot  death     for  their 

patruelibus,     assiduse     repetunt         undas,    quas 

cousins-gcrman,       constant         seek-again      the  waves,         which  they 

perdunt.        Omnes    quos    postquam    Saturnia    vidit 

lose.  All          whom         after-that          Saturnia  saw 

torvfi,   acie,  et    Ixiona   ante   omnes  ;    rursus 

with  stern        edge  [sight],  and      Ixion       before         all;  again 

adspiciens  Sisyphon  ab          illo,     inquit  :  "  Cur    [50 

beholding  Sisyphus     from  [after]  him,  she  says  :  "  Why 

hie         patitur  perpetuas  poenas     &  fratribus  ?     Dives 

this  (man)  suffers         constant    punishment  from  brothers?     A  rich 

regia    habet        superbum    Athamanta,    qui    semper 

palace         has         the  proud  Athamas,  who          always 

sprevit  me  cum     conjuge  ?  "  et      exponit     caussas 

has  despised    me    with  (my)  husband  ?"     and  she  explains  the  reasons 

que  odii  que          vise,  que  quid  velit. 

both  of  (  her)  hatred  and  of  the  way  [journey],  and    what     she  may  will. 

Quod  yellet    erat,  regia     Cadmi         ne- 

What  she  might  will  was,     (that)  the  palace  of  Cadmus  might  not- 

ataret;    et        sorores          traherent  Athamanta    [55 

itand;         and  the  sisters         might  draw  Athamas 

in  facinus.      Confundit        imperium,  promissa,  preces 

into    crime.      She  confounds  [mixes]  authority,         promises,        prayer; 

in-unum,  que  sollicitat       deas.         Junone         locutS 

together,          and        solicits       the  goddesses.         Junu       having  gptken 

10 


144  OVIDII   METAMOBPH. 

haec  sic,  Tisiphone,  turbata  ut       erat,        movit 

these  (words)  thus,     Tisiphone       disturbed    as  she  was,  moved  [shook] 

canos  capillos,  et  rejecit       obstantes  colubras  ab 

the  hoary          locks,        and  cast-back  the  opposing  snakes      from 

ore,      atque    inquit    ita:  "Est    non    opus 

(her)  mouth,       and  says        thus :       "  There  was        not         need 

60]  longis  ambagibus.     Puta  facta  qusecunque 

with  [of]  long       circumlocutions.      Think     done  whatever 

jubes.         Desere         inamabile  regnum,  que 

(things)  thou  commandest.  Abandon  (this)    unlovely        kingdom,      and 

refer        te   ad      auras      melioris  coeli." 

carry-back    thee    to   the  airs       of  a  better  heaven." 

Juno  redit  laeta  :  quam,  parantem     intrare  coelum, 

Juno     returns  joyful :     whom,       preparing     to  enter  heaven, 

Thaumantias  Iris  lustravit      roratis  aquis.    Nee 

Thaumantian       Iris       purified    with  sprinkled  waters.        Nor   (is  there) 

65]    mora ;         importuna    Tisiphone    sumit      facem 

delay ;         the  afflictive  [cruel]     Tisiphone          takes       a  torch 

madefactam       sanguine :    que         induitur        pallam 

moistened  with  blood  :  and  she  is  clad       (as  to)  a  robe 

rubentem       fluido  cruore ;    que     incingitur         torto 

reddening     with  liquid          gore ;          and  is  begirt  with  a  twisted 

angue :    que        egreditur  domo.      Luctus,    et 

snake :  and    she  goes-out          from  the  house.  Grief,         and 

Pavor,    et    Terror,    que    Insania        trepido      vultu, 

Fright,       and      Terror,          and       Madness    with  fearful   countenance, 

comitantur         euntem.  Constiterat          limine: 

attend  (her)      going.         She  had  stood  in  the  threshold  : 

70]         JEolii  postes       feruntur  tremuisse ;    que 

the  JSolian  door-posts  are  reported      to  have  trembled ;  and 

pallor  infecit      acernas  fores,  que      sol  fugit      locum. 

paleness     dyed     the  maple          doors,     and  the  sun     fled     the  place. 

Conjux       exterrita          monstris,      Athamas 

'His)      wife         was  frightened    by  the  prodigies,    (and)  Athamas   (too) 

territus-est ;  que  parabant     exire          tecto. 

was  affrighted;  and    they  did  prepare         to  go-out   from  the  roof 

Infelix    Erinnys    obstitit,    que    obsedit 

•natision].      The  luckless  Erinnya  [Fury]   opposed,         and 


LIBER    QUARTUS.  145 

aditum  ,     que     distendens          brachia     nexa    [75 

the  entrance ;         and       stretching- out    (her)      arms  bound 

vipereis   nodis,      excussit         caesariem.  Motae 

in  snaky  knots,     she  shook         (her)          hair.  The  moved 

colubrae  sonuere  ;  que   pars  jacens         humeris, 

[shaken]     snakes       sounded ;        and  a  part       lying      on  the  shoulders, 

pars          lapsae    circutn       tempora,    dant   sibila,    que 

part    baring  glided        about    (her)     temples,         give       hisses,         and 

vomunt    saniem,    que    coruscant  linguas.     Inde 

remit  gore,          and          brandish      (their)     tongues.  Then 

abrumpit   duos   angues  mediis   crinibus,   que 

she  tears  two         snakes    from  the  middle  hairs,          and 

immisit  raptos        pestifer£  manu.      At  illi    [80 

flung         (them)  snatched   with  deadly  hand.          But   they 

pererrant      que      Inob's  que  Atbamanteos  sinus,  que 

wander-through    both  the  Inoan       and         Athamanteau      bosoms,     and 

inspirant  graves  animas ;    nee  ferunt  ulla 

inspire  (their)     heavy  souls ;  nor    do  they  bring  any 

vulnera          membris :      est       mens    quae        sentiat 

wounds         to  the  limbs :  it  is       the  mind       which   may  feel 

diros  ictus.  Attulerat  quoque  secum  monstra 

the  dreadful  blows.     She  had  brought  also        with-her      monsters 

liquidi  veneni,       spumas          Cerberei  oris,  et    [85 

of  liquid         poison,      the  froths         of  the  Cerberean    mouth,  and 

virus          Echidnae ;     que         vagos    errores,    que 

the  infection    of  Echidna;  and      the  wandering    errors,          and 

oblivia       caecae     mentis,     et     scelus,     et     lacrimas, 

oblivions  of  a  blind  mind,         and        guilt,          and  tears, 

que  rabiein,  et       amorem    caedis :     omnia  trita 

and         fury,       and  the  love          of  slaughter :         all      ground  [mixed] 

simul ;  quae          mixta        recent!  sanguine,      coxerat 

together;  winch  being  mingled  with  fresh  blood,       she  had  boiled 

cavo    aere,    versata  viridi    cicuta1.      Que 

ir.  hcllnw    brass,    turned-about  [mixed]  with  green       hemlock.          And 

dum    illi    pavent,       furiale    venenum    vertit   in    [90 

whilst     they     tremble,     the  maddening    poison  turned     into 

pectus     amborum,   que  movit       intima  praecordia. 

th«  breast      of  both,  and      moved     the  inmost  bowcln 


146  OVIDII   METAMOKPH. 

Turn    face        jactata  saepius    per        eundem  orbem 

Then  a  torch  being  tossed       very-often  through  the  same  circle, 

consequitur     ignes,  motos  velociter     ignibus.     Sic 

she  obtains  [raises]       fires,        moved        quickly    bj  fires.  Thus 

victrix    que    potens  jussi,       redit 

victorious     and       powerful    (having  executed)    of  the  order,    she  returns 

ad       mania    regna          magni  Ditis ;  que    recingitur 

to    the  empty      kingdoms  of  the  great         Pluto  ;      and  is  ungirded 

95]  anguem  sumptum. 

(as  to)  the  snake   |  taken-up  [with  which  she  had  been  wrapt  round]. 

bolides   protinus    furibundus    clamat   in        media 

./Bolides     immediately         raging  cries-out     in  the  middle-of 

aula  :  "  lo  !  comites,   pandite         retia     his  silvis  : 

the  hall :         "Ho!  companions,      spread    (your)  net*    in  these    woods: 

leaena      visa-est  modo         mihi  cum   gemma1  prole." 

a  lioness   was  seen  lately  to  [by]  me     with    a  twin          offspring." 

Que    amens,     sequitur       vestigia  conjugis,    ut 

And          mad,       he  follows         the  footsteps     of  (his)  wife,  ai 

100]          ferae ;      que   rapit   Learchum,    ridentem   et 

of  a  wild-beast :  and  snatches      Learchus,  laughing     and 

tendentem         parva  bracbia,   de       sinu  matris, 

stretching         (his)     little  arms,      from  the  bosom  of  (his)  mother, 

et    rotat  bis    que    ter    per         auras  more 

and   whirls  (him)  twice      and     thrice  through  the  airs       in  the  manner 

fundse  ;  que  ferox  discutit     infantia  ossa         rigido 

of  a  sling :          and     fierce      dashes     the  infant         bones    on  the  hard 

gaxo.     Turn    denique        mater         concita    exululat; 

rock.  Then        finally         the  mother    being  roused  howls ; 

(seu     dolor  fecit  boc,  seu      caussa      sparsi  veneni ;) 

|  (whether  grief     did      this,      or    the  cause  of  the  scattered      poison  :) 
[whether  through  her  grief,  or  on  account  of  the  fatal  poison  spread  »ver  her  ;] 

105]    que    male    sana  fugit       passis    capillis. 

and        |  ill        sound  [mad]  she  flees   with  dishevelled       locks 

Que  ferens  te,   Melicerta,    parvum,       nudis  lacertis, 

And      bearing  thee,  0  Melicertes,     a  little     (one),  in  naked  arms. 

sonat :     "  Evohe,    Baccbe  !  "       Juno    risit   sub 

ihe  sounds  :  "  Evohe,    0  Bacchus !  "  Juno     laughs  under  [at] 


LIBER   QUARTUB.  147 

nomine   Bacchi;  et  dixit:         "Alumnus    praestet 

the  name        of  Bacchus ;    and    said  :      "  (Thy)     ward     may  perform 

hos    usus  tibi." 

these     uses  [good  turns]  for  thee." 

Scopulus    imminet          aequoribus :         ima    pars 

A  cliff  impends     to  the  seas :  the  lowest      part 

cavatur        fluctibus,  et  defendit      tectas  undas  ab 

it  hollowed  by  the  billows,  and     defends      the  covered     waves    from 

imbribus:       summa  riget,   que  porrigit  [no 

the  rains :  the  top  is-hard,     and       extends      (ita) 

frontem  in       apertum  sequor.     Ino  occupat  hunc  ; 

front  into  the  open  sea.  Ino        gains        this  (cliff ) ; 

insania     fecerat  vires,  que  tardata   nullo  timore, 

madness  had  made      forces  [strength],  and     delayed  by  no  fear. 

mittit  se     que    suum    onus    super        pontum. 

tends   [flings]    herself    and          her        burden       upon       the  deep. 

Unda         percussa  recanduit.      At  Venus         mi- 

The  wave      being  struck  whitened.  But     Venus    having  pi- 

serata       labores  immeritae      neptis,      sic    [us 

tied          the  labours    of  (her)  innocent       grand-daughter,  thus 

blandita-est     suo  patruo :    "  0  numen          aquarum, 

softly-addressed  to  her        uncle :          "  0         deity      of  the  waters, 

Neptune !     cui         proxima   potestas      coelo      cessit, 

Neptune !         to  whom  the  next  power          in  heaven  has  yielded 

posco  quidem  magna ;        sed  miserere  tu 

[was  assigned],  I  request      indeed      great  (things);    but          pity      thou 

meorum,          quos         cernis          jactari    in         im- 

of  my         (friends),   whom  thou  perceivest  to  be  tossed          in  the  bound. 

menso    Ib'nio ;         et   adde  tuis    dis.       Aliqua 

less  Ionian  (sea) ;  and     add    (them)    to  thy       gods.  Some 

gratia    est   et       mihi          ponto;    si,    tamen,       [120 

favour         is     also    fur  me       in  the  ocean ;         if,       however, 

fui  quondam  concreta  spuma  in     medio  profundo, 

I  have  been     formerly     thickened        foam      in  the  middle  deep. 

que      Graium  nomen  manet   mihi  ab  ilia."    Neptunus 

*nd    the  Greek  uame      remains  to  me     from   that.''  Neptune 

annuit  oranti,    et    abstulit        illis,   quod 

nodded  [assumed]    to  (her)  praying,    nad  took-away  from  them,       what 


148  OVIDII   METAMORPB. 

fuit  mortale ;  que  imposuit          verendam  majeatatem; 

wa«      mortal;         and  imposed  [granted]  a  reverend  majesty; 

125]    que  novavit          nomen  que  faciem  simul;  que 

and     changed  (their)     name       and        face      together;      and 

dixit        Palaemona   deum   cum        matre  LeucotheS. 

aid  [called]    Palaemon       a  god          with    (his)  mother  Leucolhoe. 


FAB.  V.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  542—561.) 

COMITES  INUS  IN      8AXA    ET    AYES. 

THS  COMPANIONS  OF  JNO  (CHANGED)   INTO  STONES  AND  BIRDS. 

Sidonise  comites  secutse     signa        pedum, 

The  Sidouian     companions  having  followed  the  marks  of  the  feet, 

quantum       valu^re,  primo  vid£re     novissima       saxo; 

as-much-  as  they  were-able,      first          saw     the  newest  [last]  on  the  rock ; 

nec  ratae         dubium   de          morte,    deplanx£re 

nor   having  thought  (it)    doubtful       of  (their)    death,  bewailed 

Cadineida  do  mum     palmis,  capillis         scissis 

the  Cadmean  house  with  palms  [hands],  the  locks       being  torn 

cum  veste.     Que      fec£re       invidiam       deae, 

together-with  the  raiment.      And  they  made  [caused]  odium  to  the  goddess, 

6]     ut    parum    justae   que   nimium   saevae   in 

as        little  just        and  too  cruel       in  [towards] 

pellice.       Juno     tulit     non      convicia ;  et    dixit : 

the  harlot.  Juno         bore        not    the  reproaches ;    and         said : 

"  Faciam  vos   ipsas         maxima  monumenta   mea 

"  I  will  make         you  yourselves  the  greatest        monuments     of  my 

saevitiae."         Res          secuta-est      dicta.      Nam 

cruelty."          The  thing  [deed]     followed       the  words.  For       '«he 

quae      fuerat   praecipuS   pia  inquit:       "Per- 

who   had  be«n  chiefly          pious  [affectionate]  'says :      "  I  will  fol- 

10]    sequar        reginam    in        freta " ;    que      datura 

low  the  queen  into     the  gulfs " ;          and  about-to-give 

saltum,  potuit  baud         moveri  usquam,  que  cohaesit 

a  leap,  was-able      not     to  be  moved          anywhere,     and       cleaved 

affixa  scopulo.     Dum      altera  tentat   ferire 

fastened     to  the  cliff.  Whilst  the  other  tries     to  strike    (her) 


LIBEK    QUARTUS.  149 

pectora  eolito       plangore,      sentit         lacertos 

breasts        with  the  accustomed       lament,       she  feels      (her)  arms 

tentatos        riguisse.     Ut  ilia  forte        tetenderat 

tried          to  have  stiffened.  As    she  by-chance  had  stretched        (her) 

manus   in        undas          maris,       porrigit         manus, 

liands        unto   the  waves     of  the  sea,          she  reaches       (her)       hands, 

facta  saxea,  in      easdem  undas  ;  videres    [15 

Bade       stony,    unto  the  same  waves;    thou  mightest  see 

digitos     hujus         subito    duratos    in       crine,    ut 

the  fingers     of  this       (one)  suddenly     hardened       in    the  hair,  as 

laniabat      crinem  arreptum  vertice. 

the  did  tear  the  hair  snatched     from  the  top  (of  her  head). 

In   quo          gestu   quaeque          deprensa-est,       hsesit 

In     what-(ever)    posture     every    (one)  was  caught,  she  stuck 

in  illo.     Pars         factse  volucres;    quse  aequora  nunc 

in     that.        Part  (were)  made  birds ;          which         seas  now 

Cadmeides     quoque     in     illo    gurgite    distringunt 

the  Cadmeian-women     also  in       that          gulf  skim 

summis    alis.  [20 

1  with  extreme    wings  [with  the  tips  of  their  wings]. 


FAB.  VI.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  562—602.) 

CADMUS    ET    HEBMIONE  IN    DRACONES. 

CADMUS    AND  HERMIONE  (CHANGED)  INTO  SERPENTS. 

Agenorides  nescit  natam  que  parvum  nopotem 

Agenorides       knows-not   (his)  daughter  and        little  grandson 

esse   deos        aequoris.     Victus     luctu   que       serve 

to  be          gods  of  the  sea.  Overcome  by  grief        and  by  a  series 

malorum,  et      ostentis,    plurima    quse  viderat, 

•f  evils,  and   by  prodigies,      very-many     which   he  had  seen, 

conditor     exit  su&     urbe ;  tanquam    For- 

'he    the  founder        'goes-out    from  his-own  city  ;  as-if      the  For- 

tuna        locorum,   non   sua,  premeret      se ;      [5 

tune     of  the  place*,  not   his-own,  might  oppress         himself; 

que    actus      longis    erratibus       contigit        Illyricos 

»ud        driven    by  long  wanderings     he  re.ich«Tl        the  Illyrran 


150  OVIDII    METAMOKPH. 

fanes       cum         profuga    conjugc.     Que  jam    graves 

boundaries  with    (his)     exile  wife.  And       now          heavy 

mails  que    annis,    dum         retractant      prima  fata 

in  evils        and  in  years,         whilst  they  trace-back       the  first  fates 

domus,    que   relegunt    suos  laborcs     sermone, 

of  (their)  house,          and        recollect       their      labours    in  discourse, 

Cadmus   ait:    "Num   ille    serpens  fuerit   sacer 

Cadmus        says:     "  Whether  that       serpent  may  have  been          sacred 

10]    trajectus     mea  cuspide,  turn  cum          profectus 

pierced        by  my       spear-point,    then     when  baring  set-out 

Sidone,     sparsi       vipereos  dentes,   nova   semina, 

from  Sidon,         I  scattered  the  viperean          teeth,          new  seeds, 

per          humum  ?     Quern,  si      cura         defim  vindicat 

through  the  ground  ?  Which,    if  the  care    of  the  gods  avenges 

ira",  tarn  certa,  precor,  ipse         porrigar       serpens 

with  anger,  so      sure,     I  pray,       myself  may  be  extended  (as)  a  serpent 

in     longam  alvum."     Dixit,  et     tenditur,  ut  serpens, 

into  a  long  belly."      He  said,       and  is  extended,      as  a  serpent, 

in      longam  alvum  ;    que  sentit  squamas     increscere 

into  a  long  belly ;        and  perceives       scales       to  grow-on 

16]  duratse    cuti,    que        nigra    corpora 

to  the  hardened      skin,       and     the  black        bodies    [members] 

variari         caeruleis  guttis ;         que     cadit  pronug 

to  be  diversified  with  azure  drops  [spots] ;    and  he  falls  prone 

in      pectus ;  que     crura  commixta  in-unum  tenuantur 

on  the  breast;          and  the  legs  joined          together    are-made-thin 

paulatim         tereti  acumine.         Brachia  jam  restant : 

gradually       in  a  taper        point  The  arms  now          remain : 

tendi         brachia,  quse  restant,  et  dixit,        lacrimis 

ne  stretches  the  arms,          which     remain,     and    said,      the  tears 

adhuc  fluentibus  per  humana  ora :         "  Ac- 

yet  flowing      through  [over]    the  human          faces  [face] :  "  Ap- 

20]    cede,    0  miserrima    conjux,    accede !    que    dum 

proach,     0   most-wretched       spouse,        approach !      and      whilst 

aliquid         superest   de   me,    tange   me;    que    accipe 

any         (thing)     remains        of      me,        touch       me ;        and         receiva 

manum,  dum     est   manus  ;  dum      anguis  occupat 

'-fly)    hand,         whilst    it  is    a  hand;  whilst  the  inak*  seize* 


LIBER    QUARTDS.  151 

non  totum."     Tile  quidem  vult     loqui  plura ;  sed 

mo)  not       whole."  He         indeed       wills    to  speak     more ;        but 

lingua        fissa-est   repente    in    duas    partes.    [25 

(his)  tongue      was  cleft  suddenly     into     two  parts. 

Nec  verba  sufficiunt  loquenti ;  que  quoties 

Nor       words    suffice  [are  supplied]  (to  him)  speaking  ;     and  as-often-as 

parat         edere    aliquos   questus,     sibilat.      Natura 

tie  prepares     to  send-forth    some        complaints,  he  hisses.  Nature 

relinquit    hanc    vocem     illi.         Conjux    feriens 

loaves  this  Toice     to  him.  (His)  spouse  striking     (her) 

nuda  pectora  manu  exclamat :    "  Cadme,  mane  ! 

nuked     breasts       with  the  hand         cries-out:         "  0  Cadmus,    remain! 

que   exiie   te,       infelix,  his    monstris !    Cadme, 

and        strip     thee,    0  unfortunate,  from  these      prodigies !       0  Cadmus, 

quid     hoc  ?     Ubi  pes  ?  ubi  sunt  que         humeri 

what  (is)  this?       Where  (is  thy)  foot?  where  are       both  (thy)  shoulders 

que  manus  ?  et  color,  et  facies,  et,  dum    loquor,    [30 

and       hands?       and  colour,  and      face,     and,  whilst  I  speak, 

omnia  ?  Cur,    coelestes,  vertitis    non    me 

ill  (things)?      Why,  0  heavenly  (beings),     turn-ye        not         me 

quoque  in       eundem  anguem ! "  Dixerat.     Ille 

also  into  the  same  snake ! "        She  bad  said.  He 

lambebat       ora  suse   conjugis ;    que       ibat 

did  lick  the  faces  [face]     of  his  spouse ;          and    did  go 

in       caros  sinus,  veluti  cognosceret ;  et      dabat 

into  the  dear      bosoms,       as-if    he  might  know;  and  did  give 

amplexus ;  que      petebat      assueta  colla.     Quis-    [35 

embraces ;  and  did  seek          the  accustomed  necks.      Whoso- 

quis    adest   (comites   aderant)     terretur ;  at     lubrica 

•yer    is-present  (attendants  were-present)  is  affrighted  ;    but  the  slippery 

eclla         cristati  draconis  pcrmulcent   illos ;    et 

necks  of  the  crested          dragon    [serpent]  soothe          them ,    and 

eubitc)  sunt    duo ;    que        volumine          junoto, 

suddenly  there  are          two;         and      the  coil  being  joined, 

serpunt,    donee       subi^re    in        latebras      appo- 

they  creep  until    they  entered       into    the  duns  ofaneigh- 

siti       nemoris.     Nunc  quoque     fugiunt  nee  homines, 

bouring       grove.  Now  also     they  avoid       neither          ;i  tp«i>, 


152  OVIDII   METAMORPIl. 

40]    nec  laedunt       vulnere ;    que       placidi  dracones 

nor        injure     by  a  wound;  and     the  gentle  serpent! 

memineire  quid  fuerint  (perf.  <tub.}  priua. 

h»re  remembered     what  they  may  have  been  [they  have  been]     Before. 


FAB.  VII.  (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  603—619.) 

8ERPENTES     PROCREATI      E  SANGUINE        MEDUSA. 

SERPENTS       BEGOTTEN  OUT-OP  THE  BLOOD  OF  MEDUSA. 

Sed  tamen    nepos   fuerat  magna  solatia          versae 

Bat      however  n  grandson  bad-been  great   comforts  of  (their)  changed 

formae     ambobus :   quern    debellata   India       colebat ; 

shape      to  both :  whom         subdued          India    did  worship ; 

quern    Achaia,    templis          positis,  celebrabat. 

whom        Achaia,          temples    being  placed  [built],  did  celebrate. 

Acrisius   Abantiades,    cretus    ab         ea"dem    origine, 

Acrisius  Abantiades,  sprung     from    the  same  origin, 

5]      solus    superest,    qui  arceat 

alone          remains,         who  may  [would]  repel       (him)  from  the 

moenibus  Argolicse    urbis;    que          ferat    arma 

walls  of  the  Argive  city;          and     may  bear  arm* 

contra       deum ;    que        putet         non     esse      genub 

against     the  god ;  and  may  think     (him)  not    to  be       the  race 

Josis ;     enim    neque  putabat    Persea,    quern 

of  Jupiter;         for         neither     did  he  think  Perseus,         whom 

Danae      conceperat     pluvio  auro,     esse  Jovis. 

Danae     had  conceived         in  rainy        gold,     to  be    (the  son)  of  Jupiter 

Tamen,   mox     poenitet   Acrisium    (tanta   est        prae- 

However,      soou     it  repents  Acrisius         (so-great     is       the     pre- 

10  J    sentia  veri)  tarn  viol&sse     deum,  quam 

sence  [force]  of  truth)  as-well  to  have  injured     thr  god,  as 

non          agnosse         nepotem.         Alter           est  jam 

not  to  have  recognized  (his)    grandson.      The  other  [the  one]   is       now 

impositus     coelo ;    at      alter   referens        memorabile 

placed  in  heaven  ;    but  the  other  bringing-back  the  memorable 

spolium          viperei    monstri,      carpebat  tonornm 

•poll          of  the  snaky  monster,    did  crop    [cut]    theten-li-i 


LIBER   QUARTOS.  158 

ae'ra        stridentibus          alis.      Que   cum  victor 

air       with  hissing  [whizzing]         wings.         And      when     theconqueroi 

penderet    super       Libycas   arenas,    cruentae 

might  [did]  hang  above    the  Libyan  sands,  bloody 

guttae  Gorgonei    capitis   cecid£re  ;    quas        [is 

drops          of  the  Gorgon  head  fell;  which 

exceptas        humus   animavit    in    varies  angues 

being  received         the  ground        animated       into     various         snakes  ; 

unde        ilia      terra      est      frequens      que      infesta 

that          land          |  ii  numerous  and  hostile 


colubris. 

in  serpents        [is  filled  and  infested  with  serpents]. 


FAB.  VIII.  (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  620—661.) 

ATLAS  IN  MONTEM. 

ATLAS  (CHANGED)  INTO   A  MOUNTAIN. 

Actus  inde       per        immensum  discordibus 

Driven     thence     through  the  boundless       (sky)    by  discordant 

ventis,     fertur,  nunc  hue,     nunc  illuc,  exemplo 

winds,      he  is-borne,      now     hither,       now     thither,   in  the  example 

aquosse    nubis ;     et      despectat          terras 

[manner]  of  a  watery  cloud :       and     looks-down-on     the  lands 

long£   seductas     ex         alto  sethere,   que   supervolat 

far  withdrawn       from     the  lofty        sky,  and  flies-over 

totum   orbera.      Ter         vidit         gelidas   Arctos, 

the  whole          globe.          Thrice      he  saw  the  cold  Bears, 

ter  brachia  Oancri ;         ablatus-est        saepe" 

thrice     the  arms  of  the  Crab ;  he  was-carried-away         often 

sub  occasus,    ssepe"       in        ortus.          [5 

under  [towards]      the  wests,  often         unto     the  easts. 

Que    jam  die     cadente,  veritus 

And         now  the  day          falling  [declining],          having  feared 

credere     se  nocti,      constitit  in        Hesperio 

to  trust  himself    to  the  night,     he  stood  in     the  Hesperian 

orbe,  regnis         Atlantis,  que  petit     exiguanr 

globe  [region],    the  kingdoms     of  Atlas,  and    seeks    a  little 


164  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

requiem,  dum  Lucifer         evocet         ignes       Aurora, 

rest,  until      Lucifer     may  summon      the  fires        of  Aurora, 

Aurors        diurnos  currus.      Hie  Atlas,    lapetio- 

(and)  Aurora      (her)  daily  chariots.         Here    Atlas,         son-of-la- 

nides,     fuit   prjestans    cunctos       hominuin       ingenti 

petus,          was        excelling  all          of  men  in  huge 

10j    corpore.          Ultima  tellus  erat 

body.  |  The  last  land      was     [The  utmost  bdandnriei 

sub     hoc    rege,    et  pontus,     qui 

sf  the  world  were]     under      this       king,      and       the  sea,  which 

subdit  aequora  anhelis  equis 

subdues  [levels]     the  ocean-surfaces     for  the  breathless  [panting]     horses 

Solis,  et  excipit       fessos  axes.      Mille      greges 

of  the  Sun,        and   receives    the  wearied     axles.     A  thousand          flocks 

que  totidem  armenta      errabant      illi     per       herbas ; 

and     as-many        herds       did  wander        for  him  through  the  herbs 

et    nulla         vicinia  premebant 

[grass];      and      no          neighbourhoods  [neighbors]     did  press  [injure] 

16]         humum  :  arboreae  frondes,  nitentes        radiante 

the  ground :  tree-  leaves,         shining    with  beaming 

auro,   tegebant  ramos  ex  auro,   poma  ex  auro.  Per- 

gold,     did  cover  branches  of    gold,    (and)  apples   of  gold.         Per- 

seus  ait    illi :  "  Hospes,     seu        gloria     magni  generis 

seus  says  to  him :        "  Host,       whether  the  glory       of  great  birth 

tangit     te,     Jupiter  auctor        generis       mihi ; 

touches      thee,        Jupiter      (is)  the  author          of  birth  tome; 

sive  es          mirator         rerum : 

(or)  whether        them  art       an  admirer        |  of  things  [of  great  exploits J  • 

20]  mirabere  nostras.      Peto     hospitium  que 

thou  shalt  admire  ours  [mine].  I  seek      a  lodging  and 

requiem."     Ille  erat  memor  vestustae  sortis 

rest."  He      was     mindful     of  the  ancient  lot     [  «.ele] 

(Parnassia  Themis        dederat  hanc  sortem):     "Atla, 

(Parnassian         Themis     had  given  this          oracle):         "0  Atlas, 

tempus        veniet,     quo  tua  arbor  spoliabitur 

the  time  will  come,       in  which  thy       tree      ehall  be  despoiled 

auro;  et         natus        Jove         habebithunc 

from  [of]  (its;  gold;     and  (one)  born     from  Jupiter  shall  have        j  this 


LIBER   QUARTUB.  155 

titulum       praedae."  Metuens  id,  Atlas 

title        of  the  spoils"  [the  honour  of  the  prize].      Fearing     this,      Atlas 

clauscrat         pomaria       solidis  moenibus,    et     [25 

had  shut  (his)  orchards       by  solid  walls,          and 

dederat  vasto    draconi          servanda;    que 

had  given          (them)  to  a  huge          dragon       to  be  kept;  and 

arcebat     omnes  externos  suis      finibus. 

did  drive-away  all          foreign      (persons)   from  his         boundaries. 

Ait        huic  quoque:  "Vade   procul,    ne       gloria 

He  says       to  him  also :  "  Go        far-away,     lest    the  glory 

rerum,  quas  mentiris,  absit      longe", 

of  the  things,       which     thou  falsely-sayest,       may  be-distant  far, 

Jupiter  long&         tibi." 

/lest)  Jupiter       |  (may  he-distant)  far  for  thee"     [may   be   of  no 

Que        addit    vim        minis ;    que    tentat 

avail  to  thee].     And       he  adds        force       to  threats ;        and  tries 

expellere  manibus  cunctantem,    [30 

to   expel  |  by  the  hands  [with  force]  (him)  delaying, 

et       miscentem     fortia  placidis    dictis. 

and  mingling  brave    (words)     to  [with]  gentle  sayings. 

Inferior     viribus,  (enim  quis  esset   par     Atlanti 

(Being)  inferior        in  forces,  (for      who  might-be  equal  to  Atlas 

viribus?)     ait:  "At  quoniam  nostra         gratia  est 

in  forces?)         be  says:  "But          since  our       [my]  favour          ii 

parvi  tibi,  accipe     munus ;"  que  ipse     retro- 

of  little     (value)  to  thee,     receive    a  present;"        and  himself    turnod- 

versus    protulit         squalentia  ora 

backward    revealed      |  the  foul  faces  [the  squalid  countenance] 

Medusae   a         laeva  parte.    Atlas,  quantus  [35 

ef  Medusa      from     the  left        part.          Atlas,     how-great  (soever) 

erat,        factus     mons.      Nam          barba  que  comae 

he  was,    (was)  made       a  mountain.       For     (his)     beard      and       hairs 

abeunt  in      sylvas ;    que    humeri    -jue 

depart  [are  transformed]  into        woods;         both     shoulders       and 

roanus  sunt  juga-      Quod  fuit     caput  ante, 

hands        are  [become]     mountain-tops.     What     was    a  head        before, 

est  cacumen  in         summo  montc ;          ossa   fiunt 

ii  [now]    *  summit          in  a  very  high         mountain:  (his)  bonus  becrui* 


156  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

lapis.      Turn     auctus    in   omnes  partes,       crevit   in- 

itone.  Then       increased    into         all          parts,       he  grew          im- 

40]   immensum ;  (sic,     Di,  statuistia ! )  et  omne 

menscly ;  (so,     0  Gods,  ye  have  determined  ! )     and          all 

coelum  cum     tot     sideribus  requievit  in  illo. 

(he  heaven        with     so-many        stars  rested         on    him. 


FAB.  IX.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  662—738.) 

DE  PER8EO     ET   ANDROMEDA. 

CONCERNING  PERSEUS  AND  ANDROMEDA. 

Hippotades  clauserat         ventos 

The  grandson-of-Hippotes  [JSolus]         had  shut  the  winds 

aeterno    carcere ;    que       Lucifer, 

in  the  eternal  prison;          and  Lucifer  [the  Morning  Star], 

clarissimus  admonitor     operum  alto  coelo, 

the  brightest  monitor       of  works  [labours]  in  the  lofty  heaven, 

ortus-erat.     Ille,       pennis         resumptis 

had  arisen.  He,     the  wings      being  resumed,         binds  (them) 

ligat          pedes  ab  utr£que  parte ;  que        accingitur 

fast-to     (his)  feet        from      either          part;        and      |  ig  girded 

unco       telo ;  et   findit 

with  a  crooked       weapon  [is  armed  with  a  barbed  dart]  ;      and   cleaves 

5]        liquidum  ae'ra  motis  talaribus.     Innumeris 

the  liquid  air    with  (his)  moved        heels.  Numberless 

gentibus  que  circum  que  infra          relictis,     conspicit 

nations          both     around    and    beneath  being  left,  he  beholds 

populos         ^Ethiopum  que        Cepheia  arva.     Illic 

the  peoples        of  the  ^Ethiopians       and   the    Cepheian      lands.       There 

injustus  Ammon      jusserat  immeritam  Andro- 

unjust  Amuiou     had  ordered          undeserving    [innocent]     Andro- 

medam      pendere        posnas  maternae  linguae. 

meda  to  pay  [suffer]      punishments  of  [for]  a  maternal  tongue 

Quam,     simul  Abantiades  vidit 

[crime].       Whom,     as-soon-as     the  descendant-of-Abas  [Perseus]      saw 

10]    religatam   ad   duras  cautes  brachia,    nisi 

bound  to        hard        rocks     (as  to)  the  arms,  unlesi 


LIBER   QUARTUS.  15" 

quod     levis  aura      moverat        capillos,  et        lumina 

that    the  light    breeze  had  moved        (her)  locks,  and  (her)  eyes 

manabant       trepido  fletu;  ratus-esset 

did  flow  with  fearful       weeping ;  he  might  have  thought       (her) 

marmoreum  opus.      Insciua         trahit  ignes, 

•  marble  work.        Unconscious     he  draws  [conceives]          fires, 

et     stupet ;    et,     correptus  imagine         formae 

and  is-amazed ;     and,         seized  with  the  image       of  (her)  beauty 

visae,        oblitus-est    pene       quatere  suas  pennaa  in 

seen,         he  forgot  almost     to  shake  his        wings        in 

ae're.      Ut       stetit,  dixit,    "0         non    [15 

air.  When   he  stood  [lighted],     he  said,          "0  (thou)    not 

digna  istis  catenis,  sed  quibus  cupidi 

worthy    with  [of]  those      chains,        but  (of  those)  by  which         desirous 

amantes       junguntur   inter         se ;         pande 

(persons)  loving  are  joined  among     themselves;       disclose 

requirenti  que  tuum  nomen  que  terras, 

(to  me)  inquiring          both      thy        name      and     (that)  of  the  land, 

et   cur  geras  vincla?"     Primo,  ilia        silet; 

«nd  why  thou  mayest  carry        chains?"          Firstly,       she        is-silent; 

nec       virgo  audet      appellare     virum ;  que  ce- 

nor     the  virgin      dares     to  accost  a  man;  and       she  would- 

lasset  modestos  vultus  manibus,    [20 

have-concealed    (her)  modest  looks       with  the  hands, 

si  fuisset  non  religata.     Quod 

ii     she  |  might  have  been          not  [had  not  been]  bound.  What 

potuit,  implevit       lumina    obortis 

(alone)  she  was  able         (to  do),  she  filled          (her)  eyes         with  rising 

lacrimis.  Indicat,  instanti  saepius, 

tears.  She  points-out  (to  him),         urging        very-freqcently, 

ne  videretur  nolle  fateri  sua 

est     she  might  seem  to  be  unwilling        to  confess          her-own 

delicta,         que       nomen  terras  que   suum,  que 

transgressions,    both    the  name          of  the  land          and    her-own,     and 

quanta  fuerit          fiducia          maternae    [25 

how-great          may  have  been        |  the  confidence       of  maternal 

formae ;  et     omnibus 

beauty  [her  mother's  guilty  confidence  of  her  beauty]  ;     and  all 


158  OVIDII   METAMOHPH. 

nondum  memoratis,         unda     msonuit ; 

not-jet  being  related,  the  wave        resounded :         acu 

belua,     veniens  immense    pouto    eminet,    et 

a  monster        coming      from  the  boundless  sea          projects,      and 

possidet         latum  aequor  sub         pectore.           Virgo 

possesses        the  broad        ocean     under  (his)  breast.  The  Virgin 

conclamat ;      lugubris  genitor  et  un*l  mater 

ories-out;          (her)  mournful       father    and  along  (with  him  her)  mother 

30]    adest ;      ambo    miseri,    sed  ilia    justius :       nee 

is-pres«nt ;       both       wretched,      but     ahe     more-justly :    neither 

ferunt    auxilium     secum,     sed     fletus     dignos 

do   they    bring  aid  with-them,      but      weepings       worthy 

tempore  (all.)  que   plangorem ;    que          adhaerent 

the  time  and       lamentation ;         and      they  cleave 

in          vincto     corpore.       Turn          hospes    ait     sic : 

on       the  chained  body.  Then        the  stranger     says     thus: 

"  Longa  tempora      lacrimarum       poterunt      manere 

"  Long  times        of  tears  will  be-able  to  await 

vos ;        hora  est  brevis  ad         opem      ferendam.     Si 

you;     the  hour      ia       short       to  [for]  assistance     to-bo-brought.      If 

35]    ego  Perseus  natus         Jove,  et  ilia  quam  clausam 

I          Perseus       born     from  Jupiter,  and  her    whom        shut-up 

Jupiter  implevit        foecundo  auro,  Perseus      superator 

Jupiter          filled         with  fruitful          gold,      Perseus     the  conqueror 

anguicomae  Gorgonis,  et  aurus       ire       per 

of  the  snake-haired          Gorgon,       and     (who)  dared       to  go      through 

sethereas     auras         jactatis     alia,      peterem      hanc 

ethereal  airs  on  moved  wings,     should-sue-for         her, 

cert&     praeferrer  gener       cunctis.    Tento 

1  should  'certainly  'be-preferred  (as)  a  son-in-law  to  all.  I  try 

addere  meritum  et       tantis  dotibus,  modo      numina 

to  add  desert       also  to  so-great      gifts,       if-only  the  deities 

iO]          faveant.      Paciscor,   ut  servata       mea 

may  favour.  I  bargain,         that      being  preserved  by  my 

virtute,         sit     mea."         Parentes  accipiunt    legem, 

valour,       ehe  may-be    mine."     The  parents  receive      the        Ian 

cnim    quis  dubitaret?)  et          orant  que 

[condition],     ffor       who     would  doubt?)  and  they  beseech    and 


LIBER    QUARTU8.  159 

promittunt    super        dotale    regnum.      Ecce!    velut 

promise  moreover      a  dowried       kingdom.  Lo  I  of 

navis,  concita        praefixo  rostro,        sulcat       aquas, 

a  ship,  urged       with  prefixed      beak  [prow],    furrows     the  waters, 

acta  sudantibus     lacertis        juvenum,     sic    [45 

impelled     by  perspiring  arms  of  young-men,          so 

fera,        undis         dimotis        impulsu        pectoris, 

the  wild-beast,  the  waves  being  divided  by  the  force         of  the  breast, 

aberat      tantum  scopulis,     quantum  medii 

was-distant    so-much     from  the  rocks,  as-mnch-as     of  the  middle 

coeli     Balearica  funda  potest  transmittere  torto 

heaven  a  Balearian         sling       is-able      to-send-across   with  the  whirled 

plumbo ;  cum  subito      juvenis,      tellure  repulsS 

lead ;  when  suddenly  the  youth,       the  earth      being  beaten-back 

pedibus,    abiit    arduus  in       nubes :      et 

by  (his)  feet,  departed     lofty  [upwards],  into  the  clouds  :         and 

umbra         viri       visa-est  in     summo  sequore :    [50 

the  shadow  of  the  man  was  seen  in  the  highest    ocean -surface : 

fera          saevit      in          umbram  visam.     Que  ut 

the  wild-beast        rages      against    the   Hhadow  seen.  And      ai 

praepes  Jovis,    cum  vidit        draconem 

the  fleet          (bird)     of  Jupiter,      when       he  has-seen      a  serpent 

praebentem     liventia     terga       Phoebo  in      vacu 

exhibiting  blackening       backs      to  Phoebus     in     a  vacant  [open] 

arvo,    occupat  aversum ;  figit  avidos 

land,         seizes          (him)     turned-away ;         he  pierces  (his)  eager 

ungues         squamigeris  cervicibus,  neu  retor- 

taloni   into  the  scaly  necks,  nor  [lest]  he  may  writhe- 

queat       saeva     ora;     sic   praepes,      pressit  [55 

back     (hi?)  cruel       mouths ;    thus         fleet,       he  pressed  [pierced] 

terga  ferae  celeri  volatu     per     inane ; 

he  backs       of  the  wild-beast   by  a  speedy       flight       through        empty 

que  Inachides  abdidit       ferrum 

(•pace) ;    and        the  descendant-of-Inachus  hid        the  iron 

curvo    hamo   in        dextro    armo  frementia. 

with  crooked       hook  '  in       the  right         shoulder   of  (it)          roaring. 

Laesa  gravi  vulnere  modd  sublimis    attolit     BO 

Injured      by  the  heavy       wound         now  lofty        °it  raia«a      itself 

11 


160  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

in    auras;     modo   subdit  aquis;    modd    versat 

into       Airs ;  now          sinks       into  the  waters ;         now  tosses 

60]  more  ferocis      apri,      quern        turba 

in   the   manner      of  a  fierce         wild-boar,      which    a  multitude 

canuin      circumsona     terret.      Ille  effugit 

of  dogs  sounding-around     affrights.          He     (Perseus)       escapes 

avidos  morsus          velocibus  alis ;  que        vulnerat 

the  greedy          bites          with  fleet  wings ;  and       he  wounds 

falcato  ense  mine       terga,  qua         patent,  obsita 

with  crooked      sword     now      the  backs,    where     they  lie-open,   covered 

super         cavis  conchis,  nunc        costas  laterum, 

above      with  hollow      shells,         now      the  ribs  of  the  sides, 

65]    nunc  qua      cauda  tenuissima  desinit  in     piscem. 

now    where  the  tail  most-thin          ends       into  a  fish. 

Bellua  vomit  ore  fluctus  mistos         puniceo 

The  beast          vomits  from  the  mouth   waves      mingled  with  purple 

sanguine.      Graves  pennae  maduere  adspergine; 

blood.  The  heavy  wings     became- wet  with  the  spray; 

nec  Perseus  ausus     credere        ultra  bibulis 

nor       Perseus      dared  to  believe  [trust]  beyond  [longer]  |  to  the  soaking 

talaribus ;  conspexit    scopulum,    qui 

sandals  [to  his  dropping  wings]  ;  he  beheld  a  rock,  which 

exstat  summo    vertice  stantibus  aquis ; 

projects          with  highest  top  from  the  standing          waters; 

70]     operitur  ab     sequore       moto.  Nixus 

la  covered       by  the  sea        being  moved.    Having  leaned  [perched] 

eo,  que  tenens      prima  juga  rupis  sinistra", 

there,  and     holding  the  first          tops     of  the  rock    with  the  left 

exegit      ter  quater          ferrum      per 

(hand),  he   thrust          thrice     (and)     four-times      the  iron  through 

ilia         repetita.         Clamor  cum  plausu  implev£re 

the  entrails    attacked-again.     A  shout          with     applause  filled 

littora  que        superas  domos  deorum.     Cas- 

tbe  shores        and      the  upper  houses     of  the  gods.  Cas- 

siope  que        pater  Cepheus  gaudent,  que  salutant 

•iope        and     the  father        Cepheus        rejoice,         and        salute  (him) 

generum,    que    fatentur  auxilium  que  serva- 

a  son-in-law,        and          confess       (him)  the  aid  and  pro- 


LIBER   QUARTUS.  161 

torera  domus.         Virgo,  que     pretium  [75 

lerver     of  (their)  house.         The  virgin,      both  the  price  [reward] 

et  causa  laboris,  incedit  resoluta        catenis. 

and    cause     of  the  labour,         proceeds         loosed      from  chains. 


FAB.   X.     (Metam.  Lib.  IV.  752—802.) 

CRINES         MEDTJS-S  IN    SERPENTE8. 

THE    HAIRS    OP    MEDUSA    (CHAKOED)    INTO    SERPENTS. 

Ille  ponit  tribus  dis     totidem     focos  de 

He      places  [erects]    to   the  three     gods  just-as-many  hearths     of 

cespite,       laevum      Mercuric,       dextrum     tibi,     bel- 

turf,  the  left  to  Mercury,         the  right  to  thee,  0  war- 

lica  virgo ;       ar&     Jo  vis  est  media.     Vacca  mactatur 

like      virgin ;    the  altar  of  Jupiter   is      middle.     A  cow          is-sacrificed 

Minervse,    vitulus          alipedi ;  taurus   tibi, 

to  Minerva,         a  calf        to  the  wing-footed  [Mercury] ;  a  bull        to  thee, 

summe     deorum.     Protinus      rapit  Andromeden  et 

0  highest    of  gods.  Forthwith     he  seizes         Andromeda       and 

indotata  praemia    tanti    facti.    Hymenaeus  que      [5 

the  undowried     rewards  of  so-great  a  deed.  Hymen          and 

Amor      praecutiunt  taedas ;         ignes      satiantur 

Love  shake-before  the  torches;       the  fires  are-satiated 

largis     odoribus;  que  serta   dependent  tectis, 

with  plenteous      odours;         and   garlands    bung-down  from  the  roofs, 

et  ubique     que  lyrae  que       tibia  et  cantus,       felicia 

and  everywhere   also    lyres      and     the  pipe     and     songs,         the  happy 

argumenta       laeti    animi,  sonant.       Tota  aurea  atria, 

proofs  of  a  joyful      mind,       sound.      The  whole   golden      halls, 

valvis  reseratis,  patent ;  que       Ce-    [io 

the  folding-doors        being  unlocked,         lie-open;      and     the  Ce- 

pheni  proceres  ineunt       convivia  regis  instructa 

phenion       nobles          enter       the  banquets     of  the  king  arrunged 

pulchro   paratu.      Postquam  functi 

with  beautiful     preparation.         After-thai     having  discharged  [finished] 

epulis  (abl.}     diffudere  animos  munere 

the  feuti  tViey  expanded      (their)  minds         with  the  gift 


162  OVIDII   METAMOEPH. 

generosi  Bacchi:    Abantiades  quaerit  que  cul- 

>f  generous         Bacchus :          Abantiades          seeks       both          the  enl 

tus  que  habitus        locorum ;  Lyncidcs  unus 

tures  [manners]  and       habits     of  the  places;  Lyncides    one  [alone] 

15]    protinus  narrat  quaerenti  que       mores     quo 

forthwith       relates  (to  him)  seeking        both  the  manners      and 

habitus         viroruin.      Quae     simul  edocuit, 

habits        of  the  men.  Which     as-soon-as      he  instructed  (him), 

dixit :   "  Nunc,   0  fortissimo  Perseu,    precor   fare, 

he  said:          "Nunc,         0        bravest          Perseus,     I  pray  tell, 

quanta   virtute   que     quibus    artibus  abstu- 

by  how-great    valour        and  by  what  arts       thou  mayest-have- 

leris   (sub.)         crinita     ora  draconibus." 

taken-away  the  hairy          faces         from  the  dragons  [serpents]." 

Abantiades    narrat,      locum     esse  jacentem     sub 

The  son-of-Abas  relates,         a  place     to  be  lying          under 

20]    gelido    Atlante,    tutum          munimine         solidae 

cold  Atlas,  safe    by  the  bulwark          of  a  solid 

molis ;    in        introitu        cujus     geminas     Phorcydas 

mass;          in      the  entrance        of  which  twin  Phorcyau 

sorores  habit&sse,  partitas       usum     unius 

sisters          to  hare  dwelt,  having  shared         the  use        of  one 

luminis;    se          manu         supposita  solerti 

eye;  himself  (his)  hand     being placed-under  [introduced]  by  skilful 

astu,         cepisse      id  dum       traditur, 

cunning,  to  have-taken    that  (eye),    whilst    it  is-delivered  (from  one  to 

que  tetigisse        Gorgoneas    domos      per 

another),  and     to  have  touched        the  Gorgonian  houses    through 

25]    saxa    abdita    longe,    que    devia,     et     horrentia 

rooks       hidden          far,  and     devious,       and     being-rough 

fragosis  silvis ;  que      vidisse    passim    per       agros 

with  craggy         woods;    and  to  have-seen  everywhere  through  the  lands 

que    per          vias  simulacra    hominum  que     ferarum 

and     through     the  ways         images     of  men  and  of  wild-beast* 

conversa    ex       ipsis         in    silicem  Medusa"         visa ; 

changed         out-of  themselves       into         flint          Medusa      being  seen; 

tamen       se          aspexisse         formam  horrenrlaa 

however,   himself     to  have-beheld      the  shape          of  the  dreadful 


LIBER   QUARTUS.  168 

Melusae  aere  clypei   quod          laeva 

Medusa          on  the  brass      of  the  shield       which      (his*  left       (hand) 

gerebat,  repercusso ;     que    dum    gravus    [30 

did  carry,  being  reflected;  and       whilst          heavy 

Bomnus          tenebat     que          colubras     que     ipsam, 

sleep  did  hold  both       the  snakes  and         herself, 

eripuisse        caput  collo ;  que  Pegason  fugacem 

to  have-snatched  the  head  from  the  neck ;       and      Pegasus  fleet 

pennis  et         fratrem  natos  de      sanguine 

with  wings       and  (his)  brother   (to  have  been)  born   from  the  blood 

matris.       Addidit  et  non  falsa  pericula         longi 

of  the  mother.     He  added          also    not      false       dangers       of  the  long 

cursfis ;    quae  freta,   quas    terras  vidis-    [35 

course ;  what      gulfs,       what        lands  he  might-have- 

aet  (sub.)     ab     alto     sub        se;        et     quae     sidera 

seen  from      high      under      himself;       and      what  stan 

tetigisset  (sub.),  pennis          jactatis. 

he    might-have-touched,  the  wings         being    tossed    [moved]. 

Tamen,       tacuit  ante       expectatum.  Unus 

However,     he  became-silent     before  the  expected  (time).          One 

6          numero     procerum  excipit,         quserens  cur 

out-of  the  number  of  nobles  takes-up  (him),  inquiring    why  (she) 

sola  sororum        gesserit  angues     immistos 

alone     of  the  sisters  may-bave-carried         snakei  mingled 

alternis  crinibus.  [40 

to  the  alternate  hairs. 

Hospes    ait :    "  Quoniam       scitaris  digna 

The  guest  says:  "Since      thou  askest        (things)  worthy 

relatu,          accipe       caussam  quaesiti.     Ilia 

to-be-related,        receive     the  reason         of  (the  thing)  sought.  She 

fuit  clarissima     forma",  que     invidiosa  spes    multorum 

was   most-renowned  in  shape,      and  the  envious         hope  of  many 

procorum  ;  nee  fuit  ulla  pars  in        tota     conspectior 

•uitors;  nor    was     any     part    in    the    whole    more-remarkable 

capillis  (abl.)     Inveni  qui         referrent 

(than)  the  hairs.  I  have-found  (those)  who  might  relate 

se  vidisse.  Rector        pelagi   dicitur    [45 

themselves  to  have-seen  (her).  The  Ruler     of  the  ocean     is  said 


164  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

vitidsse     hanc  templo       Minervae.  Nata 

lo    hare-defiled      her       in  the  temple       of  Minerva.          The  daughter 

Jovis       aversa-est,       et      texit          castos    vultus 

ff  Jupiter      was-tnrned-away,     and       covered  (her)  chaste  looks 

aegide :  neve  hoc     fuisset          impun& ;      mutavit 

with  the  aegis :       neither  this  might-have-been  with-impunity ;  she  changed 

Gorgoneum  crinem    in    turpes     hydros.          Nunc 

the  Qorgonian  hair        into      filthy       water-serpents.  Now 

50]    quoque      sustinet      angues,  quos      fecit  in      ad- 

also          she  bears          the  snakes,       which  she  made   in   the  op- 

verso    pectore,    ut        terreat        hostes        attonitoa 

posite          breast,        that  she  may-affright       enemies        thunderstruck 

formidine." 

with  fcar." 


LIBER    QUINTU8. 


LIBER     QUINT US 

BOOK  THE  FIFTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  1—235.) 

CAPUT  OORGONIS    OONVERTEN8    HOMINES 

ICU     HEAD     OF  THE  GORGON          CBAKOINQ  MSN         INT6 

8AXA. 
STONES. 

QUE  dum      Danseius  heros  commemorat   ea 

A.XD      whilst  the  Danxian         hero  relates  those  (things) 

medio   agmine          Cephenum ;        regalia    atria 

in  the  middle         crowd     of  the  Cepheni;  the  royal  hal's 

complentur         fremitu         turbse ;  nee  eat         clamor 

are-filled  with  the  noise       of  the  multitude ;  nor    is  (it)  the  shout 

qui      canat    conjugialia  festa,    sed      qui           nuntiet 

which     may-sing     matrimonial       feasts,       hut       which     may-announce 

fera   anna.     Que         possis  assimilare     convivia 

fierce       arms.         And     thou  mayest- he-able      to-liken        the  banquets 

versa     in   repentinos  tumultus         freto,       quod      [5 

changed    into          sudden  tumults    to  a  narrow-sea,      which 

saeva   rabies         ventorum   exasperat          quietum, 

the  fierce        rage     of  the  winds  disorders     (when)  quiet, 

undis  motis.     Phineus  primus  in  nis, 

the  wares         being  moved.         Phineus          first       in  [among]     these, 

temerarius  auctor    belli,  quatiens    fraxineam  hastam 

the  rash        author  of  war,    (baking  an  ashen        spear 

aeratae     cuspidis,     ait :     "  En !       adsum,          ultor 

if  brazen  point,  says:         "  Lo !       I  am-present,  the  avenger 


166  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

10]          conjugis     praereptae.       Nee          penna,    nee 

of  a.  wife  snatched-away.        Nor     (thy)  wings,  noi 

Jupiter     versus      in      falsum     aurum,      eripient      te 

Jupiter          changed       into          false  gold,  shall-snatch    h«e 

mihi."       Cepheus    exclamat  conanti 

for  [from]  me."  Cepheus  cries-out     (to  him)  endeavouring 

mittere  :           "  Quid  facis  ?  quae  mens  agit 

to  send  [throw]  (it) :    "What      doest   (thou)?what    mind    acts  [drive?] 

te,        germane,    furentem    in    facinus?     Ne         bsec 

thee,  0  brother,  raving          into         crime?          Whether    |  thi» 

gratia  redditur     tantis  meritis? 

favour  r  thanks]  is-returned  to  so-great    merits  ?  [is  this  the  acknowledg- 

Rependis  vitam 

ment  for  such  great  services  ?]        Repayest      (thou)  the  life         (of  her) 

15]    servatae       hac  dote  ?     quam  Perseus  ademit 

preserved  with  this  dowry?       whom       Perseus     has  taken-away 

non  tibi,  si        quaeris        verum ;    sed        grave 

not   for  [from]  thee,     if  thou  seekest      the  truth ;  but       the  heavy 

numen  Nereidum,    sed    corniger   Ammon, 

[severe]  deity          of  the  Nereids,  but         horned  Ammon, 

sed       bellua  ponti  quae       veniebat  exsaturanda 

but    the  monster  of  the  deep       which  did  come  to-be-filled 

meis  visceribus.  Rapta-est  tibi 

|  with  my       bowels  [with  my  daughter].     She  was-torn       for  [from]  thee 

illo  tempore,    quo      fuit   peritura.     Nisi,     crudelis, 

in  that        time,     in  which  she  was  about-to-perish.  Unless,  0  cruel, 

20]    si       exigis     id  ipsum,        ut         pereat ;         que 

if  thou  requirest  that     self  [thing],  that  she  may-perish;          and 

levabere  nostro  luctu.     Scilicet     est  baud 

thou    shalt-be-lightened   by  our  grief.  Forsooth  it  is  not 

satis,    quod,    te    spectante,       revincta-est ;    et    quod 

enough,      that,      thee       looking-on,     she  was-bound ;  and       that 

patruus  ve  sponsus       tulisti       nullam  opcm  ;    insuper 

uncle  or      spouse    thou  hast-brought      no        assistance;  moreover 

dolebis,  quod       servata-sit  a  quoquam, 

wilt  thou  grieve,       that    she  may-have-been-preserved    by         any-onr, 

que  eripies         praemia?     Quae,  si        vidontnr 

»nd  wilt  thou  snatch-away  the  rewards  ?          Which,   if  they  eeein 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  167 

magna     tibi,  petisses  ex     illis    [26 

preat         to  tbee,     thon  mightest-have-sought  (them)  out- >f  those 

scopulis     ubi  affixa-erant.         Nunc     sine 

•ocks  where      they  had-been-affired.  Novr          permit  (him) 

qui  petiit      ferre,  per     quern        senectus     non 

who    bus-sought  to-bear  (them),  through     whom  (my)  old-age      (ia)    not 

orba,  quod  pactus-est    et       mentis  et       voce; 

bereft,     which  (thing)  he has-covenanted both  by  merits       and  by  voice; 

que    intellige         non   praelatum       tibi,    sed       certae 

and       understand  (him)  not        preferred        to  thee,       but   to  a  certain 

inorte."     Ille  nihil        contr&;        sed  spectans 

death."  He  (answered)  nothing  on-the-other-hand;  but    looking-oa 

et   hunc    et   Persea        alterno  vultu,       ignorat    [30 

both     him     and     Perseus     with  alternate      look,      he  knows-not 

petat  hunc  an     ilium.       Que 

(whether)  he  may-seek  [attack]       this    (man)     or          that.  And 

cunctatus  brevi,     misit  hastam  contortam 

having  delayed          shortly,  he  sent  [threw]  the  spear  hurled 

nequidquam     in     Persea,         viribus     quantas     ira 

in-vain  against     Perseus,      with  forces  as-great-as    anger 

dabat:    et   ilia       stetit  toro.     Turn  denique 

did  give  :          and   that  [it]  stood  [stuck]  in  a  couch.      Then          finally 

Perseus  exsiluit  Btratis,     que  ferox,  telo 

Perseus      jumped-out  from  the  covered-seats,  and     fierce,        the  weapon 

remisso,         rupisset  inimica  pectora,    [35 

being  Kent-back,      might-have-broken   (his)   hostile  breasts, 

nisi     Phineus          isset          post         altaria ;    et    (in- 

unlesa      Phinens      might-bave-gone     behind    the  altars;         and(0un. 

dignum!)        ara     profuit  scelerato.  Tamen, 

worthy!)         the  altar        profited     to  the  wicked         (tnab.i.     However, 

cuspis  non  irrita  adhosit         frorte       Rhoeti :  qui, 

the  point        not     useless       stuck     in  the  forehead  of  Rhoetus :      who, 

postquam       cecidit,  que       ferrum  revulsum-est       ex 

»fter-that          he  fell,  and  tho  iron  wns-torn-back       out-of 

osse         calcitrat,        et  adspergit      positfes  mensas 

the  bone,    kicks-with-the-heels,  and    sprinkles      the  placed  tables 

sanguine.     Turn  vero        vulgus     ardescit   in    [40 

with  blood.  Then     truly  the  commonalty       burns      into 


168  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

indomitas     iras,     que    conjiciunt    tela.      Et          sunt 

untamed  angers,       and  hurl  darts.       And    theie   are 

qui         dicant  (sub.},     Cephea     cum         genero 

(some)  who   may  say,  Cepheus         with  his  gon-in-law 

debere         mori.     Sed  Cepheus     exierat  limine 

owe  [ought]  to  die.  But       Cepheus  had  gone-out  from  the  threshold 

tecti,  testatus    que    jus    que   fidem      que 

>f  the  house,     having  attested          both     right      and       faith  and 

deos      hospitii,    ea  mover!     se      prohi- 

the  gods     of  hospitality,  those  (things)  to  be  disturbed  himself      forbid- 

45]    bente.      Bellica  Pallas  adest,      et   protegit 

ding       (it).     Warlike      Pallas     is-present,    and    protects       (her) 

fratrem  aegide,    que    dat   animos.  Erat 

brother      with  the  aegis,          and     gives       minds  [spirits].     There   wai 

Indus  Athis,  quern  Limate  edita  flumine  Gange 

Indian       Athis,      whom       Limate     sprung  from  the  river  Ganges 

creditur      peperisse  sub   vitreis  antris,  egregius 

is-believed   to  have-brought-forth  under      glassy     grottoes,        excellent 

forma,  quam         augebat   divite  cultu,  adhuc  integer 

in  beauty,      which  he  did  increase  by  rich        dress,      as-yet          whole 

50]  bis-octonis  annis ;  indutus  Tyriam 

[full-grown]  by  twice-eight      years ;          clad       (as  to)  a  Tyrian 

chlamydem,    quam     aureas   limbus       obibat ;    aurata 

mantle,  which     a  golden         border     did  go-over;          gilded 

monilia       ornabant       collum ;    et      curvum   crinale 

necklaces     did  adorn  the  neck ;  and    a  bowed  fillet 

capillos  madidos       myrrha.     Ille  quidem 

(encompassed)  the  locks  moist      with  myrrh.  He         indeed 

doctus-erat     figere,          quamvis  distantia,          jaculo 

had-been-taught  to-pierce  (things),  although       distant,     with  the  javelin 

55]  misso,  sed  doctior         tendere  arcus.     Turn 

being  sent,          but     more-skilled  to  stretch  bows.  Then 

quoque    Perseus    perculit  flectentem     lenta 

also  Perseus  struck     (him)  down,         bending  pliant 

cornua  stipite  rnanu,  qui 

horna  [bow]  with  the  trunk      (of  a  tree)  from  the  hand,     winch  (trunk) 

positus  fumabat  in        media  ara ;    et    confudit 

oeing  placed          did-smoke     in     the  middle      altar;     and    conf.urded 


LIBER   QUIXTUS.  169 

ora    in       fractis  ossibus.     Ubi  As&yrius  Lycabas 

the  faces     in     the  broken         bones.         When      Assyrian  Lycabas 

videt  hunc  jactantem        laudatos  vultus  in  sanguine, 

saw  him  tossing        ihis)  praised  looks       in  blood, 

et    junctissimus  comes        illi,  et  non     dissimu-    [60 

and  a  most-united         companion  to  him,  and     not     a  dissem- 

lator       veri    amoris  ;    postquam       deploravit    Athin 

bier        of  true  love;  after-that       he  bewailed  Athlr 

exhalantem   vitam    sub      acerbo   vulnere  ;      arripit 

breathing-out          life       under    a  bitter  wound  ;      he  snatches-vo 

arcus,  quos  ille  tetenderat,  et  dixit:       "Certamina 

the  bows,      which    he     had-stretched,    and    said:     "The  contests 

sint        tibi        mecum  :    nee   laetabere  longum 

may-be  for  thee  with  me  :  nor      shalt-thou-rejoice  long 

fato         pueri  ;     quo        habes  plus    invidiae    [65 

in  the  fate  of  the  boy;     for  which  thou  bast        more  of  odium 

quam     laudis."        Dixerat  omnia  haec  nondum  ; 

than       of  praise."        He  had-said  all        these  (words)        not-yet  ; 

penetrabile      telum      emicuit  nervo,      que 

the  piercing  dart  bounded     from  the  string,  and 

vitatum,    tamen,      pependit  sinuosa   veste. 

being  avoided,  however,     it  hung  in  the  plaited       garment. 

Acrisioniades  vertit       in       hunc           harpen 

Th»  descendant-of-Aorisius         turns       against        him  the  scimitar 

Bpectatam  caede        Medusae,    que    adigit        in 

by  the  slaughter  of  Medusa,  and        drives  (it)  into 


pectus.  At    ille    jam    moriens,           oculis    [70 

(his)  breast  But      he          now          dying,          (his)  eyes 

natantibus  sub    atr&  nocte,  circumspexit  Athin  ;  que 

.-wiraining  under   black     night,       looked-round-on      Athis;         iiml 

acclinavit  se       in    ilium;    et      tulit    ad        manes 

reclined  himself    upon     him  ;         and     carried      to     the  inane* 

solatia  junctae     mortis.       Ecce  !         Syenites. 

the  comi'orts  of  a  united              death.              Lo  !           the  Syeniun, 

Phorbac  genitus             Methionc,     et     Libys     Am- 

Phorbas  begotten         from  Methion,              arnl      Libyan          Atn- 

phimedon,  avidi     committere  pugnam,           lapsi    [75 

pliiuiedon,  eager  to  join                             battle,       ba<'iB 


170  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

sanguine,        quo       tellus         madefacta  tepebat, 

in  the  blood,  with  which  the  earth    being  moistened        was-warm. 

conciderant;          ensis    obstitit  surgentibus, 

had  fallen-together;        the  sword      opposed  (to  them)  rising, 

adactus         costis         alterius,         jugulo   Phorbantis. 

driven         to  the  ribs      of  the  other,          to  the  throat     of  Phorbas. 

At  Perseus  petit  non  Erithum  Actoriden,         cui 

But    Perseus     seeks  [attacks]  not        Erithos      Son-of- Actor,  for  whom 

lata    bipennis   erat      telum,  hamato    ense ; 

a  broad     battle-axe      was      a  weapon,       with  (his)  crooked        sword; 

80]    sed  tolit         duabus  manibus,    ingentem  cratera 

but       lifts  in  the  two  hand?,         a  huge  bowl 

exstantem         altis  signis,  que  in          pondere     multae 

projecting        with  great    figures,     and    in  [of]  the  weight       of  much 

massae,    que    infligit  viro.       Ille    vomit   rutilum 

mass,  and         dashes     to  the  man.  He        vomits  ruddy 

cruorem,  et  resupinus  pulsat       humum         moribundo 

gore,  and  on-the-back      beats     the  ground       with  dying 

vertice.  Inde         sternit     Polydaemona     cretum 

crown  [head].          Then       he  levels  Polydaemon  sprung 

85]  Semiramio  sanguine,  que  Caucaseum  Abarin, 

from  Semiramian  blood,          and        Caucasian  Abaris, 

que   Lycetum,   Sperchionidem,  que  Elycen  intonsum 

and         Lycetus,  son-of-Sperchiu?,         and       Elyces  unshaven 

comas,  que  Phlegiam,  que  Clytum ;  et  calcat 

(as  to)  the  hairs,        and         Phlegias,       and       Clytus ;       and  trampled 

exstructos   acervos         morientum.      Nee   Phineus 

the  piled  heaps      of  the  dying.  Neither       Phineus 

ausus     concurrere  cominus  hosti,  intorquet 

having  dared     to  engage  hand-to-hand  to  the  enemy,  hur.li 

9O]      jaculum ;    quod     error     detulit         in        Idan, 

a  javelin;  which     amiss      carried-away    against          Idas, 

expertem      frustra          belli,  et  secutum  neutra 

void  [unengaged]  in-vain     of  the  war,     and  having  followed          neither 

arma.      Hie     tuens  immitem     Phinea          torvis 

arms.  He     beholding      the  savage  Phineua      with  stern 

oculis,  ait :  "  Quandoquidem  abstrahor       in      partes, 

tyes,         says:  "  Since-Lndeed       I  am-drawn-away  into  the  factions, 


LIBER    QUINTUB.  171 

•ccipe,    Phineu,     hostem,  quern       fecisti ;  que  pensa 

receive,     0  Phineus,   an  enemy,        whom  thou  bast-made  ;  and      repay 

hoc  vulnus         vulnere."      Que    jam     remissurus 

this       wound     bj  a  wound."  And        now       about-to-send-back 

teluin  tractum  de         corpore,  collapsus,    [95 

the  weapon        drawn     from  (his)  body,  having  fainted, 

cecidit    in         artus,    defectos        sanguine.      Hie 

he  fell  upon  (his)  limbs,         deprived    from  blood.  Here 

quoque    Odites,        primus  Cephenum,    post 

also  Odites,       the  first          (man)  of  the  Cephcni,  after 

regem,  jacet         ense    Clymeni :  Hypseus    perculit 

the  king,          lies     by  the  sword  of  Cly  menus:        Hypseus     struck-down 

Prothoenora;       Lyncides  Hypsea.         Et 

Prothoenor;  Lyncides      (prostrated)          Hypseus.  And 

grandsevus   Emathion   fuit   in  illis,     cultor 

the  aged  Emathion         was    in  [among]    them,   a  cultivator 

aequi  que    timidus          deorum ;    quern    [ioo 

of  just  [justice]       and        fearful    of  the  Gods;  whom 

quoniam  anni      prohibent        bellare,        pugnat 

since  (his)  years  hinder  to  war,  he  fights 

loquendo  ;  et  incessit,  que  devovet  scelerata 

by  speaking;         and      rails,         and     devotes  [curses]  the  wicked 

arma.       Chromis  decutit       caput  ense         huic, 

arras.  Chromis      strikes-off  the  head     with  a  sword      for  him, 

amplexo       altaria        treraulis  palmis ;         quod 

having    embraced     the  altars       with  tremulous     palms  [hands] ;    which 

protinus  incidit         arse :  atque  ibi    edidit  execrantia 

immediately      fell      to  the  altar:        and     there  he  uttered          accursing 

rerba          semianimi     linguS,      et      expiravit       [105 

word*       with  half-dead  tongue,          and       breatbed-out 

animam  in       medios  ignes.     Hinc  gemini  fratres, 

(hi§;  life  into  the  middle        fires.         Hence       twin         brothers, 

que    Broteas   et   Ammon     invicti  csestibus,  si 

and        Broteas      and      Ammon      unconquered  with  the  caestuses,         if 

enses    possent  vinci  caestibus,    cecidere 

iwords      might-be-able      to-be-conquered     by  ea-stusuB,  fell 

PhineS,  manu.     Que  Ampycus,  sacerdos    Cereris, 

by  tL«  Pbinean      hand.          AIK!       Auipym-,  :       of  Cere§, 


172  OVIDII   METAMOKPH. 

110]    velatus  tempora         albenti   vittS.     Tu 

covered     (as    to)    the    temples      with  a  white  fillet.       Thou 

quoque,     lapetide,  non  adhibendus  in  hos  usus,  sod 

also,  0  lapetide?,        not        to-be-applied   into    these    uses,        but 

qui  moveres  citharam  cum         voce,    opus 

who  tnightest-move  [strike]  the  harp  with  (thy)  voice,     a  work 

pacis,     jussus-eras  celebrare        dapes    que 

of  peace,         hadst-been-ordered  to  celebrate        the  feasts         and 

fostum  canendo.     Quern,  adstantem  procul 

festive      (place)  by  singing.  Whom,         standing        at-a-distance 

que    tententem     imbelle    plectrum,  Pettalus    ridens, 

and  holding       the  unwarlike     quill  [lyre],       Pettalus       laughing, 

115]     dixit:  "I,  cane      caetera         Stygiis  manibus :" 

called :     "  Go,    sing     the  rest         to  the  Stygian  manes :" 

et  figit       mucronem          laevo  tempore.         Concidit, 

and  fixes  the  blade  in  the  left          temple.  lie  fell-down, 

et     ille     retentat        fila  lyrae          morientibus 

and      he  sounds         the  strings  of  the  lyre         with  dying 

digitis ;     que     canit     miserabile     carmen  casu. 

fingers;  and        sings    a  mournful  song       in  (hii)  fall. 

Ferox     Lycormas     sinit     non     hunc         cecidisse 

The  fierce  Lycormas          suffers       not          him          to  have-fullen 

impune ;      que  illidit         ossibus  cervicis  robusta 

with-impunity ;  and    dashes  to  the  bones       of  (his)  neck  strong 

120]    repagula   rapta    de      dextro      poste.     At   ille 

bars  torn         from  a  right-hand       post.          But        he 

procubuit  more        mactati  juvenci.     Cinyphius 

tumbled  in  the  manner  of  a  sacrificed      bullock.  Cinyphian 

Pelates   quoque   tentabat     demere       robora          laevi 

Pelates  also  did-try      to  take-away  the  oaks  of  the  lef 

postig.          Dexter  a  fixa-est  tentanti 

poet  Tht  right          (hand)     was-pierced     (for  him)      trying    (it, 

cuspide         Corythi,  Marmaridae,     que  cohaesit 

with  the  spear-point    of  Corythus,       son-of-Marinarus,     and        cleaved 

125J  ligno.     Abas     hausit  latus 

to  the  wood.  Abas          drew  [pierced]  the  side     (for  him) 

haerenti;    nee    ille    corruit,    sed    moriens      pependit 

il  iging ;          nor        he         tumbled,       but          dying 


LIBER    QDINTUS.  173 

&  poste    retinente          manum.       Et   Melaneus, 

from     the  post  retaining       (his)  haixl.  And         Melancus, 

secutus          Perse'ia      castra,     sternitur,         et 

having  followed  the  Perseian  camps,         is-pro?trated,  nnd 

Dorylas,       ditissimus      Nasomoniaci    agri ;    Dorylas, 

Dorylai,         the  most-rich          ofNasomoniac  land;  Dorjlas, 

dives     agri ;         quo  non  alter       possederat    [130 

the  rich       of  land;  (than)  whom  not   another  had  possessed 

latius,           aut   totidem    acervos      farris.         Ferrum 

more-widely,       or        as-many         heap?         of  corn.          Tho  iron 

missum    stetit         in        obliquo    inguine     hujus :    ille 

sent  stood  [stuck]  in     the  slanting  groin      of  him:  that 

locus      letifer.    Quern  postquam      auctor         vulneris 

place     (is)  deadly.         Whom      after-that     the  author     of  the  wound 

vidit    singultantem    animam,  et   versantem       lumina, 

saw  sobbing-out  life,          and         turning       (his)  eyes, 

Bactrius    Halcyoneus     inquit :     "  Habeto    hoc     [135 

Bactrian  Halcyoneus  says :  "  Have  this 

terrae  quod       premis  de     tot     agris : " 

(share)  of  earth      which  thou  pressest  [coverest]  out-of  so-many    lands." 

que      reliquit        exsangue  corpus.         Abantiades, 

and     he  left  the  lifeless  body.         The  descendant-of-Abiis, 

ultor,     torquet      in      hunc     hastam     raptam     de 

(hi.-)  avenger,         burls        against      him     a  spear  torn         from 

calido     vulnere ;     quae          recepta  media     nare 

warm  wound ;         which    being  received     in  the  middle        nostril 

exacta-est  cervice,     que     eminet    in     ambas 

wR.i-driveii-out     from  the  neck,  and         projects      into  both 

partes.     Que    dum    fortuna  juvat        manum,      fudit 

parts.  And       whilst      fortune       assists  (his)  hand,  he  routed 

que  Clytium  que  Clanin,  satos         una"  matre,     [140 

both       Clytius       and       Cliini.-,      sprung  from  one         mother, 

diverse      vulnere ;      nam         fraxinus         librata 

by  a   iifferent  wound;  for         the  ash  [javelin]  poised 

gravi     lacerto          acta     per     utrumque     femur 

by  the  heavy  iinn        (was)  driven    through  each  t\iigb 

Clytii :  Clanis  momordit      jaculum  ore.       Kt 

»f  Clvtiul'        Claiii*  bit         the  javelin       with  (tie  mouth.     Ai-d 


174  OVTDII   MBTAMORPH. 

Mendeeius  Celadon  occidit.     Astreus  occidit,  creatua 

Celadon  fell.  Agtreus          fell,          begotUi 


145]  Palaestina     matre,  dubio     patre. 

from  a   Palestinian          mother,  (but)  from  a  doubtful       father. 

Que     w33thion,     quondam       sagax  videre 

And          ^Ethion,  formerly          sagacious  to  gee          (things) 

ventura  ;     nunc  deceptus       falsa  ave  ;  que  Thoactes, 

about-to-come  ;  now       deceived   by  a  false       bird  ;     and          Thoactes, 

armiger  regis,  et  Agyrtes,  infamis  patre 

armour-bearer  of  the  king,      and     Agyrtes,      infamous      by  (his)  father 

caeso.     Tamen,     plus     superest  exhausto  ; 

being  slain.          However,        more        remains      (to  him)  spent; 

namque       animus  est       omnibus       opprimere 

for  a  mind  [intention]         is       to  all  to  oppress 

150]    unum.         Conjurata  agmina  pugnant  undique 

one  [Perseus].     Conspired         troops  fight        on-every-side 

pro       caussa"      impugnante      meritum      que      fidem. 

for        a  cause  fighting-against  merit  and  faith. 

Socer        pius   frustra,    et       nova   conjux   cum 

A  father-in-law  pious      in-vain,      and  the  new         spouse        with  (her) 

genetrice  favent  pro  ha"c  parte,  que  complent       atria 

mother  favour      for     this       part,       and  fill  the  halls 

ululatu.     Sed       sonus     armorum,  que        gemitus 

with  howling.          But     the  sound   of  arms,  and     the  groan 

cadentum,    superat;     que    Bellona    perfundit 

of  (those)  falling,  prevails;          and         Bellona  drenches 

155]        multo  sanguine        Penates        semel  pollutos, 

with  much  blood        the  Household-gods    once          polluted, 

que  miscet       renovata  proelia.     Phineus,  et          mille 

and     mingles    the  renewed          battles.          Phineus,      and    a  thousand 

secuti   Phinea,  circueunt  unum.           Tela  plura 

baring  followed     Phineus,         surround       one  [Perseus].     Darts      more 

hybern&  grandine  volant  praeter  utrumque  latus, 

(than)  wintry  hail  fly          beside  each  side, 

que   praeter   et         lumen    et   aures.     Hinc     applicat 

and         beside      both    the  eye  and     ears.  Hence  he  applies 

160]  humeros   ad        saxa        magnae    columnae  ; 

This)  shoulders         to      the  stones  <  .!'  a  great  pillar  : 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  175 

que    gerens    tuta    terga,    que    versus      in      adversa 

»nd         bearing       safe         backs,         and       turned     against      opposite 

agmina,      sustinet         instantes.     Chaonius    Molpeus 

troops,          be  sustains   (them)  pressing-on.         Chaonian  Molpeua 

sinistra"     parte,     Nabathaeus     Ethemon 

(did  press)  in  the   left  part,  Nabathcean  Ethemon 

instabant  dextr&.       Ut      tigris         mugitibus 

J'-l  press  on  the  right.  As      a  tiger         the  bellowings 

duorum    armentorum          auditis         diversS    [165 

of  two  herds  being  heard          in  a  different 

valle,    exstimulata      fame,    nescit  utro 

(part  of  a)  valley,  urged-on         by  hunger,     knows-not      on  which 

ruat       potius,    et     ardet       ruere       utroque;     sic 

he  may-rush     rather,       and      burns      to  rush        on  each ;  so 

Perseus,     dubius         ne  feratur  dextrS, 

Perseus,  doubtful         whether        he  may-be-borne   on  the  right 

laevS,  submovit  Molpea       vulnere       trajecti 

(or)  on  the   left,  removed       Molpeus  by  a  wound      of  a  pierced 

cruris,    que   est   contentus  fug&;    enim   neque 

le-.j,  and       is        contented     with  (his)  flight:          for        neither 

Ethemon   dat    tempus,    sed    furit ;    et    cupiens     dare 

h'themon          gives         time,          but      rages ;      and     desiring      to  give 

vulnera  alto  collo,         viribus  non         cir-     [170 

wounds         in  the  high      neck,     (his)  forces          not    being  con- 

cumspectis,     fregit        exactum    ensem ;    et        lamina 

sidered,  he  broke       the  driven  sword;       and   the  blade 

dissiluit  extremu    parte  percuss*   columns, 

snapped         in  the  last  part       of  the  struck  pillar, 

que   fixa-est  in       gutture  domini.     Tamen,    ilia 

and       was-fixed     in     the  throat        (of  its)  muster.          However,      that 

plaga   dedit   non      satis      valentes  caussas    ad 

wound       gave        not      sufficiently     availing  [powerful]     causes          to 

letum.     Perseus  confodit,         trepidum  et  tendentetn 

death.  Perseus          stabs        (him),      fearful         and         stretching 

frustri  inertia  brachia,  Cvllenide  harpe.     [175 

in-rain        unskilled      arms,         with  the  Oyllenian         scimetar. 

Verum   ubi    Perseus    vidit         virtutem      succumbere 

But  when     Perseus          saw     (his)  valour  to  yield 

II 


176  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

tuibae,     dbtit :  "  Quoniam      ipsi      cogitis        sic, 

to  the  crowd,     lie  said:  "Since        yourselves      force     (me)  thus, 

petara    auxilium   ab        hoste.     Avertite   vestros 

I  will  seek  aid          from  the  enemy.         Turn-away  your 

vultus,         si  quis  amicus  adest ;"    et     extulit       ora 

countenances,    if      any         friend      is-present;"  and  he  raised     the  face* 

180]  Gorgon  is.         Thescelus     dixit:     "Quaere 

of  the  Gorgon.  Thescelus  said :  "  Seek 

alium,     quern     tua     miracula      raoveant ;"      que     ut 

another,       whom         thy          miracles  may-move;"          and        as 

parabat        mittere        fatale    jaculum  manu, 

he  did-prepare     to  send  the  fatal  dart          from    the   hand, 

haesit    in    hoc    gestu  signum    de    marmore. 

he  stuck         in       this       attitude     (as)  a  statue  of  marble. 

Ampyx,     proximus      buic,     petit  gladio 

Ampyx,  next          to  him,  seeks  [attacks]        with  a  sword 

pectora     Lyncidas,  plenissima       magni  animi;  que 

the  breasts       of  Lyncidas,  very-full      of  a  great        mind;        and 

185]     in  petendo,       dextera         diriguit,  nee        mota 

in     attacking,     the  right        (hand)  stiffened,     nor  (was)  moved 

citra,       nee    ultra\      At   Nileus,    qui    ementitus-erat 

on-thig-side,  nor     beyond.       But      Nileus,       who  had-feigned 

se         genitum  septemplice      Nilo,      quoque 

himself      begotten        from  the  seven-fold  Nile,  also 

cselaverat    septem    flumina  clypeo,    partim 

had  engraven  seven  rivers          on  (his)  shield,  partly 

argento,    partim      auro,    ait:     "Aspice,      Perseu, 

in  silver,  partly     in  gold,         says :         "  Behold,     0  Perseus, 

19O]         primordia     nostrse  gentis ;        feres       magna 

the  origins  of  our  nation ;    thou  shalt-carry        great 

solatia      mortis    ad        tacitas  umbras,      cecidisse    a 

Comforts     of  death          to     the  silent  shude,--,      to  have-fallen     by 

tanto     viro."         Ultima  pars          voeis  suppressa-est 

so-great  a  man."      The  last  part    of  the  voice        was-suppressed 

in       medio  sono ;  que        credas  adaperta     ora 

in  the  middle       sound  ;     and  thou  mayest-believe  the  opened        mouthi 

velle     loqui,    nee    sunt    ea    pervia     verbis.     Eryx 

to  will      to  speak,       nor        are       those     passable  to  words.  Eryx 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  177 


increpat     hos,     que     inquit  :         "  Torpetis 

ehides  those,      and  say?:         "  Ye  are-torpid  from  fault 

animi,  non  Gorgoneis       viribus  ;     [195 

of  mind         (spirit;,     not        from  Gorgonian  powers  ; 

incurrite      mecum      et      prosternite  humi 

rush-on  with-me        and  prostrate  of  [on]  the  ground 

juvenem    moventem   magica    arma."     Erat    incur- 

the  young-man         moving  magic         arms."     He  was       about-to. 

surus  ;  tellus    tenuit          vestigia,    que    immotus 

rush-on  ;       the  earth          retained     (his)  footsteps,          and  fixed 

silet,  que  mansit     armata  imago.     Tamen,  hi 

he  ceases-to-speak,  and   remained  an  armed         image.        However,  these 

subiere      poenam     ex     merito  ;     sed  erat     [200 

underwent    punishment    from         desert;          but  (there)  was 

unus  miles     Persei,  Aconteus,  pro  quo  dum     pugnat, 

one       soldier  of  Perseus,         Aconteus,       for     whom  whilst  he  fights, 

Gorgone  conspecta,  concrevit       oborto   saxo; 

the  Gorgon  being  seen,  hardened     in  a  sprung-up   stone; 

quern    Astyages  ratus      vivere    etiamnum,    ferit 

whom  Astyages     having  thought  to  live  even-yet,         strikes 

longo  ense  ;       ensis  sonuit        acutis  tinnitibus. 

with  a  long         sword  ;  the  sword     sounded  with  sharp  tinglings. 

Dum     Astyages     stupet,           traxit  eandem 

Whilst        Astyages         is-atua/.e  I,       he  drew  [assumed]      the  same 

naturam  ;  que      vultus  mirantis  manet    [205 

nature;  and  the  countenance  (of  him)  wondering    remains 

in     marmoreo    ore.       Est     longa   mora     dicere 

IB     a  marble  face.      It  is        a  long          delay    to  say  [mention] 

nomina      virorum  de         media  plebe.  Bis 

the  names        of  men  from     the  middle     common-people.      Twice 

centum     corpora         restabant  pugnae:      bis 

a  hundred  bodies        did  remain  to  tha  battle  :  twice 

centem     corpora     riguerunt,         Gorgone  visa. 

a  hundred  bodies  stiffened,  the  Gorgon  being  si-en. 

Nunc  denique     poenitet  Phinea          injusti  belli.    [210 

Now  finally      it  repents         Pbineus     of  the  unjust          war. 

Sed     quid     agat?  Videt   simulacra   diverse 

Bat          what       may-he-act  [do]  ?     He  sees  images  diSerevi 


178  OVIDH   MBTAMORPH. 

figuris,    que    agnoscit    suos ;    et    poscit    quemque 

in   shapes,        and       recognizes      bis-own ;  and    requests         every-on« 

vocatem     nomine,  opem;     que  credens  parum, 

called          by  name,         (to  lend)  assistance ;    and     believing  little, 

tangit       corpora  proxima     sibi :         erant  marmor. 

he  touches  the  bodies  nearest     to  himself:  the;  were  marble. 

Avertitur ;     atque  ita  supples,  que  tendens  marius, 

He  is-turned-away ;       and     thus   suppliant,     and    stretching       hand?. 

215]  confessas,    que    obliqua    brachia,        ait: 

having  confessed,  and         oblique  arms,         he  says: 

"  Perseu,        vincis ;     remove        fera  monstra,  que 

"0  Perseus,        thou  conquerest ;     remove     the  fierce     monsters,        and 

tolle          saxificos     vultus     tuae  Medusae,  quaecuuque 

take-away  the  stone-creating    looks  of  thy         Medusa,  whatsoever 

ea,  precor,    non   odium   ve   cupido         regni 

that  (may  be),  I  pray,  not        hatred      or  a  desire          of  kingdom 

compulit    nos    ad    bellum ;        movimus      arma    pro 

has-driven         us          to  war ;          we  have-moved         arras          for 

conjuge.       Tua    caussa     fuit         melior       meritis ; 

a  wife.  Thy  cause          was      the  better        in  services; 

220]    nostra  tempore.          Piget  non 

our          (cause)          in  time.  It  grieves  (me)          not 

cessisse.       0    fortissimo !    concede      nil      mihi 

to  have  yielded.  0          bravest !  grant       nothing  to  me 

praeter  hanc  animam :       caetera  sun  to  tua."        Ait, 

except          this  life :          the  rest  let-be      thine."      He  say* 

dicenti    talia,  neque    audenti      respicere 

(to  him),  saying  such    (things),     nor  daring     to  look-back-on 

eum,     quern         rogabat  voca :        "  Tribuam, 

hin.,  whom       he  did-ask          with  the  voice:         "I  will-grant, 

timidissime  Phineu,  quod     possum    et         tribuisse 

C  nuost-fearful          Phineus,       what     I  am-able       both  to  have-grauted 

22f»]     et  est       magnum       munus  inerti, 

and  (what)  i»         a  great  gift  to  the  sluggish, 

(pone  metum,)       violabere  nullo  ferro. 

vpla«e  [lay-aside]         fear,)       thou  sbalt-be-injnred  with  no  iron. 

Qmn  etiam,        dabo      monumenta     mansura          per 

Moreover,  I  will-give       monuments     abont-to-remain     through 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  179 

aevnm ;  que       spectabere   semper   in       domo     nostri 

age;  and  thou  shalt-be-seen       always       in     the  house     of  our 

soceri,         ut  mea  conjux     soletur      se  imagine 

father-in-law,  that     my       spouse     may-console  herself  with  the  image 

sponsi."       Dixit ;  et  transtulit  Phorcynida 

of  (her) betrothed."   He  said;       and   transferred     Phorcynis [the Gorgon] 

in    illam  partem,  ad  quam  Phineus   obverterat     [230 

into     that  part,          to       which       Phineus  had-turned 

se  trepido  ore.     Turn  quoque      cervix  diriguit 

himself    with  fearful        face.       Then          also       the  neck          stiffened 

conanti  flectere  sua     lumina,     que 

(for  him)  endeavouring       to  bend  (turn)    his  eyes,  and 

humor  oculorum  induruit      saxo ;  sed  tamen 

the  moisture     of  the  eyes  hardened     to  stone ;      but    however 

timidum  os,  que  supplex     vultus,     que  submissae 

(his)  fearful          face,    and      suppliant  countenance,     and  lowered 

manus,  que  obnoxia  facies,  inansit  in      marmore.    [235 

hands,        and      guilty        face,      remained  in  the  marble. 


•  FAB.   II.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  236—241.) 

PRCETUS  IN  8AXEM. 

PB(BTUS  (CHANGED)    INTO    A      STONE. 

Victor         Abantiades        intrat        patrios  muros 

The  conqueror     descendant-of-Abas       enters     (his)  native  walla 

cum         conjuge,  et       vindex  que  ultor         immeritae 

with     (his)  spouse,         and  the  punisher    and  avenger  of  an  undeserving 

parentis  aggreditur   Proetum :    nam         fratre 

parent  [Cassiope]     he  attacks  Prcetus :  for     (his)  brother 

fugato  per  arma  Proetus  possederat      Acrisioneas 

being  routed         by      arms      Prcetus     bad-possessed  the  Acrisian 

arces.      Sed      superavit       torva     lumina  colu- 

citadels.       But     be  overcame         the  grim  eyes  of  the  snake- 

briferi   monstri,     nee  ope      armorum,    nee      [5 

bearing        monster,       neither  by  the  help  of  arms,  nor 

arce,     quam  ceperat     male. 

by  the   citadel,      which.     b«  had  taken  badly  [wickedly]. 


180  0?ri)II   METAMORPH. 


FAB.  HI.  (Metam.  Lib  V.  242—249.) 

POLYDEOTES  IN  LAPIDEM. 

POLYDECTES  (CHANGED)  INTO     A        STONE. 

Tamen    nee         virtus          juvenis,  spectata       pei 

However    neither  the  valour     of  the  youth,          seen  [tried]  through 

tot      labores,  nee  mala      mollierant  te,  0  Polydecta, 

10- many  labours,      nor    evils   had  softened          thee,    0         Polydectes 

rector         parvae  Seriphi;  sed  darus  exerces 

ruler      of  the  little          Seriphus;       but      hard  [severe]    thou  exercisest 

mexorabile  odium,  nee  est  finis  in  iniqusi    ir£. 

inexorable  hatred,      nor     is     (there)  an  end       in        unjust   anger. 

Detrectas   etiam   laudes ;    que        arguis       necem 

Thou  refuses!  e-«n         praises;        and  thou  arguest     the  death 

6]       Medusae   esse  fictam.     Perseus  ait :     "  Dabimus 

of  Medusa      to  be       feigned.         Perseus       says:  '•  We  will-give 

tibi  pignora         veri;  parcite  luminibus:" 

to  thee    pledges    of  the  truth  ;    spare  [turn-away]  (your)  eyes  : " 

que      fecit        ora          regis     silicem   sine   sanguine 

|  and    he  made     the  faces  of  the  king      a  flint          without  blood 

Medusseo 

[and  he  turned  the  face  of  the  king  into  a  bloody  stone]  by  the  Medusean 

ore. 

face. 


FAB.  IV.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  250—293  ; 

MUSJE  IN        AVES      ET  PRJBCIPITIUM 

TOM     MUSES  (CHANGED)  INTO    BIRDS    AND    THK   PALL 

PYRENEI. 
OF    PYRENEUS. 

Hactenus  Tritonia  dedit     se        comitem  auri- 

Hitherto  Tritonia      gave     herself    u  companion     to  (her)  gokl- 

geno    fratri ;  inde  circumdata        cavil  nube       des«vit 

MgwUra  brother ;  ;hence     surrounded      by  a  hollow  cluud    she  quiu 


LIBER    QU1XTDS.  181 

Seriphon,  Cythnc  que  Gyaro         relictis    a        dextra. 

Seriphus,  Cythnus    and    Gyarus    being  left          from  the  right 

Que       petit  Thcbas  que       virgineum  Helicona,     qua 

And    she  seeks      Tbebas      and   the  virgin  Helicon,         whera 

via   visa     brevissima   super      pontum ;  potita 

the  way  seemed          thortest          above  the  deep;  having  gained 

quo     monte         constitit,    et    sic    affata-est       doctas 

which     mountain    she  halted,  and    thus       accosted       the  learned 

sorores :       ''  Fama       novi   fontis       pervenit  ad      [5 

sisters  :         "  The  fame       of  a  new      fountain  has  arrived  to 

nostras    aures,    quern        dura    ungula  praepetis 

our  ears,          which    the  hard  hoof       of  the  fleet 

Medusaei  rupit ;  is  caussa         viae 

Medussean  [Pegasus]  broke;     that  (fountain)  (is)  the  cause    |  of  the  way 

mihi.  Volui       cernere        mirabilc 

to  me  [of  my  journey].       I  have  willed      to  behold          the  wonderful 

monstrum ;  vidi     ipsum      nasci  materno 

monster;  I  have  seen          him         to-be-born          from  maternal 

sanguine."     Uranie    excipit:  "  Qusecunque    est 

blood."  Urania        takes-up  [replies] :         "  Whatsoever          i? 

caussa      tibi      videndi   has    domos,        diva,      [io 

the  cause         to  thee     of  seeing         these      houses,  0  goddess, 

es    gratissima       nostro    animo.     Tamen         fama 

thou  art   most-delightful  to  our  mind.         However       the  report 

est   vera,    et   Pegasus  origio     hujus     fontis;" 

is          true,      and     Pegasus         (is)  the  origin     of  this  fountain;" 

et         deduxit   Pallada  ad       sacros  latices.  Quie 

and   she  lead-away       Pallas        to  .the  sacred       liquors  [waters].     Who 

mirata  diu       undas  factas          ictibus         pedis, 

having  admired  long  the  waves       made     by  the  blows       of  the  foot, 

circumspici*        lucos          antiquarum    silvarum,    [15 

surveys  the  groves     of  the  ancient  woods, 

que        antra,     et        herbas     distinctas        innumeris 

and      the  grottos,      and     the  herbs          distinguished  with  innumerable 

floribus ;    que       vocat       Mneraonidas   pariter   felices 

flowers;  and    she  calls      the  Mnemonidse  equally          happy 

que         studii   que          loci :    quam    una         sororurn 

both  of  the  study         and  of  the  place :      whom       one  of  the  sisten 


182  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

affata-est  sic :  "  O,  nisi  virtus  tulisset  (tub.) 

addressed       t'jus :     "  0,    unless   valour  might-'have  [had]  'carried 

te   ad  majora  opera,  Tritonia,     ventura     in     pattern 

thee  to       greater      works,       Tritonia,       about-to-come  into  a  part 

20]        nostri  ehori,      refers  vera,          que         probas 

of  our  choir,  tbou  relate?!     true  (things),  and  thou  approves! 

merito      que        artes    que        locum ;     et       habemus 

deservedly    both    the  arts          and     the  place ;          and    we  hart 

gratam    sortem,    modo       simus  (»ub.)    tutae.     Sed 

an  agreeable          lot,  provided  we  may-be  safe.  But 

(adeo   nihil    est    vetitum     sceleri)     omnia         terrent 

(thus        nothing     is          forbid      to  wickedness)       all     (things)  affright 

virgineas    mentes,    que         dirus    Pyreneus     vertitur 

virgin  minds,          and      the  dreadful     Pyreneus       is  turned 

ante         ora,    et    nondum  recepi     me 

[presented]  before  (our)  faces,   and        not-yet     have  I  recovered    myself 

25]          tota     mente.       Ille     ferox  ceperat 

with  whole        mind.  That      ferocious  (tyrant)  bad  taken 

Daulia   que   Phocea   rura         Threicio  milite,  que 

the  Danlian       and       Phocean  countries  with  Thracian       soldiers,      and 

tenebat  injusta  regna.  Petebamus      Parnassia 

did  hold  unjust      kingdoms.     We  did-seek  the  Parnassian 

templa.        Vidit       euntes ;  que          veneratus  nostra 

temples.         He  saw       (us)  going;          and  having  reverenced  our 

numina         fallaci      cultu,         dixit :       '  Mnemonides, 

deities        with  deceitful       worship,      he  said :       '  0  Muses, 

SO]    consistite,'  (enim       cognorat,)       'Nee  dubitate, 

stop,'  (for      he  bad-known     (us),)    'Nor          hesitate, 

precor,     vitare       grave     sidus     et    imbrem    (imber 

I  pray,         to  avoid      the  heavy  constellation  and        rain  (rain 

erat)     meo  tecto;      Superi  saep£         subi&re  minores 

was)     in  my        roof;      the  Gods          often     have  entered  less 

casas.'     Motae         dictis  et          tempore,     que  annui- 

eottages.'      Moved  by  the  words   and  by  the  time,  'we  both    'nodded 

mus  viro   que   intravimus        primas    sedes. 

[aisented]         to  the  man       and          entered  the  first  house.*. 

Imbres        desierant,    que       Austro  victo 

The  ruins        had  ended,  and     the  South-wind   bting  conquered 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  183 

Aquilonibus,      coelo          repurgato,      fusca    [35 

by  the  North-winds,       the  heaven  being  purified-again,  the  dusky 

nubila       fugiebant.     Impetus  fuit     ire.     Pyre- 

misti  did-flee.  Force  [eagerness]    was  to  go.  Pyre- 

neus    claudit   sua   tecta,         que   parat     vim;    quam 

neai          ehutg        his      roofs  [houses],  and     prepares    violence;     which 

nos,     alia  sumptis,     effugimus.        Ipse,     similis 

we,         wings     being  taken,  escaped.  Himself,  like 

secuturo,       arduus    stetit       arce ;     que    dixit : 

to  (one)  about-to-follow,     lofty  stood  in  n  tower ;         and  said : 

•'Qua     via    est     vobis,     erit     et     mihi         ea"dem;" 

"Where  a  way    is       to  you,     it  shall-be  also  to  me     by    the   same 

que    vecors,      jacit      se        e          culmine    [40 

(way) ; "  and       insane,     he  casts      himself    from     the  top 

summae    turris,    et    cadit     in          vultus,      que 

of  the  highest          tower,       and      falls       upon    (his)  looks  [face],  and 

moriens         tundit         humuin,     tine  tarn         scelerato 

dying  he  strikes        the  ground,  dyed         with  wicked 

sanguine,  ossibus          discuss!     oris. 

blood,  with  the  bones        of  the  shattered         face. 


FAB.  V.     (Metara.  Lib.  V.  294—340.) 

OERTAMEN  PIERIDUM    CUM  MUSIS. 

THE  CONTEST      OF  THE  PIERIDES       WITH  THE  MUSES. 

Musa    loquebatur.         Pennae          sonuere     per 

The  Muse  did-speak.        The  feathers  [wiugs]  sounded  through 

auras,   que     vox  salutantum       veniebat     ah 

the  airs,  and  a  voice  of  (those)  saluting  did  come  from 

altis   ramis.         Suspicit,    et    quaerit   unde   linguae 

the  lofty      branches.  She  looks-up,        and     inquires     whence     tongues 

loquentes  tarn  certa  sonent ;    que       nata 

•peaking       (words)     so      certain  [distinct]    may-sound ;  and    'she  born 

Jove      putat     hominem  locutum.          Erant 

from  Jupiter     'thinks     a  man  having  spoken.         They  were 

ales  (alites) ;  que  novem     picae         numero,  querentes 

»inged;  and       nine          miigpics     in  number,       complaining 


184  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

sua     fata,         institerant  ramis,      imitantea 

their      fatea,     bad  perched  to  [on]  the  bought,  imitating 

5]     omnia.  Dea       orsa     sic  deae 

all  (things).      The  goddess      began      thus      to  the  goddess 

miranti:     "Et  istae  nuper   victae         certamine 

[Pallas]  wondering:      "And   those      lately   conquered  in  a  contest 

auxerunt        turbam          volucrum.     Pieros   dives 

have  increased        the  multitude  of  the  birds.  Pierus          rich 

in       Pellaeia  arvis  genuit  has;   Euippe  fuit       mater 

in  the  Pellaean        lands       begot       these;       Euippe       was    the  mother 

Pasonis;  ilia         paritura         novies   vocavit    novies 

of  Paeon;  she    about-to-bring-forth    nine-times     called     nine-time* 

10]         potentem     Lucinam.           Turba       stolidarum 

the  powerful  Lucina.          The  crowd       of  stupid 

sororum    intumuit  numero,    que    venit 

sisters  swelled       (with  pride)  at  the  number,          and       comes 

hue      per      tot     Haemonias,  et     per     tot     Achaides 

hither  through  so-many    Haemonian,      and  through  so-many  Achaean 

urbes,    et  committunt  proelia        tali     voce :  Desinite 

cities,        and          engage  battles   with  such  a  voice:  Cease 

fallere         indoctum       vulgus         vana     dulcedine ; 

to  deceive       the  unlearned          commonalty  by  vain  sweetness; 

Thespiades     diae     certate  nobiscum,  si  qua  fiducia 

0  Thespian  goddesses  contend        with-us,          if     any  confidence 

15]    est     vobis.         Vincemur          nee         voce,     nee 

is     to  you.          We  shall-be-conquered  neither    by  voice,          nor 

arte ;     que        sumus     totidem ;  vel     victae 

by  art;  and      we  are  just-as-many  (as  you);     or  conquered 

cedite  Medusaeo    fonte,    et  Hyantea  Aganippe, 

yield         from  the  Medusaean       fountain,  and     Hvaatean          Aganippe, 

vel    nos    cedamus  Emathiis    carnpis    usque   ad 

or          we         may-yield  from  the  Emathian  plains         until          to 

nivosos  Paeonas."        Nymphae    dirimant 

the  snowy         Paeonians."    The  nymphs  may-break-off  [determine] 

jsO]         certamina.        Erat  turpe  quidem     contedere, 

the  contests.  It  was       shameful     indeed     to  contend, 

sed        visum     turpius         cedere.        Electas  nymphae 

but     lit)  seemed  more-ihamefui  tu  yield.         The  chosen  nymphf 


LIBER    QUINTUS.  185 

jurant  pei       flumina,  que  pressere  aedilia  facta     do 

iwear  by    the  rivers,          and         pressed        seats         made  out-of 

vivo         saxo.       Tune        prior    quae    professa-est 

the  live  [pure]     rock.  Thee      the  former       who  profe^ed 

se  certare    sine    sorte,  canit         bella 

herself      to  contend      without      lot    (being  drawn),  sings          the  wars 

Superum  ;  que  ponit       Gigantas  in  falso  honore, 

of  the  Gods;  and     places  the  Giants  in     false         honour, 

et  extenuat        facta         magnorum  deorum  ;  que    [25 

and  diminishes     the  deeds  of  the  great  gods  ;  and 

Typhoea   emissum   de        ima     sede         terras 

(asserts)  Typhoeus         sent-away     from  the  lowest      seat     of  the  earth 

fec:a?<?          metum  coalitibus;       que      cunctos 

to  hare-made  fear         to  the  celestials  ;  and  all 


dedisse  terga      fugse  ;     donee 

'.o  have  given          (their)  backs     to  flight;  until      the  Egyptian 

tellus       ceperit  fessos,    et        Nilus  discretus 

land      may-have-received  (them)  wearied,     and  the  Nile  separated 

in     septem     ostia.  Narrat  terrigenam    [30 

into      seven          mouths.       She  relates  the  earth-begotten 

Typhoea       venisse       hue      quoque,     et         Superos 

Typhoeus         to  have-coine      hither  also,  and     the  Gods 

cel&sse  se  mentitis  figuris  ;  que     dixit  : 

to  bave-ooncealed    themselves  in  feigned          shapes;       and  she  said  : 

"  Jupiter      fit      dux         gregis  ;    unde   nunc   quoque 

"Jupiter          becomes    leader   of  a  flock;          whence     now  also 

Libys   Ammon  eat  formatus   cum  recurvis    cornibus. 

Libyan        Ainmou         is          formed         with       crooked  horns. 

Deliua  latuit    in      corvo,         Semeleia    proles 

Delius  [Apollo]       lay-hid       in      a  eiow,          the  Semeleian       offspring 

capro,       soror     Phoebi         fele,  Saturnia  [35 

ID  a  goat,       the  sister     of  Phoebus     in  a  cat,         .Saturnia  [Juno] 

nivea    vacc&,    Venus         pisce,    Cyllenius 

la  *  snowy        cow,  Venus       in  a  Bab,  Cyllenius    [Mercury] 

alis  ibidis." 

'w  the  wingi     of  an  ibis." 

Hactenus          moverat  vocalia     ora  ad 

UittifiLu  sue  LuJ-uiovcti     (lier)     musical  faoes  (mouth)    t* 


1MI>  OVIDII    MKTAMORPH. 

citharam.         A.onides  poscimur.  Sed  forsitan 

the  harp  (We)  Aonides          are-asked    (to  ding).    But        perhaps 

otia      sint     non,  nee  vacet          tibi    praebere 

leisures  may-be      not,      nor  (time)  may-be- vacant  for  thee  to  afford 

40]       aurem     nostris  cantibus.     Pallas  ait:  "Dubita 

an  ear          to  our  songs.  Pallas     says:         "Doubt 

ne,  que  refer     mihi  vestrum  carmen     ordine;"   que 

not,      and    relate   to  me  your  song      in  order;"  and 

consedit    in        levi    umbra"         nemoris.           Musa 

•be  sat-down        in     the  light      shade      of  a  grove.  The  muse 

refert:  "Dedimus          summam          certaminua 

relates :         "  We  have-given  the  total  of  the  contest 

uni."          Calliope  surgit,  et  collecta  immissos 

to  one    (of  us)."     Calliope       rises,      and  gathered  (as  to)  the  lengthened 

capillos     hedera",       praetentat  querulas  chordas 

locks          in  ivy,  she  tries-before-hand  the  plaintive  strings 

46]  pollice,    atque     subjungit    hsec     carmina 

with  the  thumb,  and  adds  these  poems 

nervis  percussis. 

from  strings     being  (truck. 


FAB.   VI.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  341—437.) 

PROSERPINA      RAPTA      A      PLUTONE,     ET     OTANE        VERSA 
PROSERPINE       SEIZED     BY        PLUTO,        AND    CYANS    CHANGED 

IN  FONTEM. 

INTO    A    FOUNTAIN. 

Geres    prima    dimovit       glebam       unco     aratro: 

Ceres  first          separated    the  clod          with  crooked      plough: 

prima       dedit  fruges  que  mitia  alimenta  terris; 

first        she  gave        fruits        and      mild    nourishment*  to  the  lands 

prima       dedit  leges.         Omnia  sumua 

[the  earth] ;  first        she  gave        laws.     'We  all  (things)  'are 

munus     Gereris.       Ilia     est     canenda  mihi. 

the  gift          «f  Ceres.  She          is        to-be-sung  for  [by]  me. 

Utinam     possem         modo       dicere     carmina     digna 

i)-that  I  might-be-able      only       to  say  poems  worthy 


LIBER   QUIXTUS.  187 

de« !     Certe       dea     est  digna  carmine 

of  the  goddess  !     Surely  the  goddess   is      worthy    with  [of]  a  poem. 

Vasta  Trinacris  insula     ingesta-est         gigan-    [5 

The  vast  Sicilian          island  has -been -heaped- up  with  gigan- 

teis   membris,    et   urget        maguis   molibus    Typhoea 

lie  limbs,          and    presses  with  great  masses  Typhoem 

subjcctum,  ausum     sperare         aethereas    sedes, 

placed-under,      having  dared      to  hope-for        the  heavenly  seat.-. 

Ille   quidem   nititur,    que    pugnat   saepfc      resurgere ; 

He          indeed         strives,        and        fights          often     to  rise-again ; 

scd         dextra    manus    est      subjecta  Ausonio 

but     (hit)  right  hand          is          placed-under    to  the  Ausonian 

Peloro;          laeva        tibi,        Pachyne;          crura    [io 

Pelorus ;          the  left          to  thee,      0  Pachynus ;          the  legs 

premuntur      Lilybaeo;     ^Etna      degravat          caput, 

tire-pressed       by  Lilybaeus;  /Etna          weighs-down   (his)  head, 

sub  qua  Typhoeus   resupinus       ejectat     arenas,  que 

under  which     Typhoeus        on-the-back     he  casts-forth      sands,         and 

vomit     flammam  fero     ore.         Luctatur    saep& 

romits  flame       from  the  fierce     mouth.     He  struggles  often 

remoliri          pondera  terras,     que      devolvere 

to  push-back       the  weights          of  the  earth,  and      to  roll-off 

oppida    et    magnos     montes  corpore.    [15 

the  towns  and         great          mountains  from  (his)  body. 

Inde       tellus     tremit :     et       rex     ipse          silentfim 

Then     the  earth          trembles:     and  the  king     himself  of  the  silent 

pavet,    ne      pateat,     que      solum  retegatur 

f«hadea)  trembles,  lest  he  may-open-out,  and  the  ground  may-be-uncovered 

lato  hiatu,  que  dies  immissus  terreat        trepi- 

6y    the  broad  opening,   and      day          let-in       may-affright   the    trein- 

dantes    umbras.         Tyrannus    metuena   hanc   cladem 

bling  shades         The  ruler  fearing          this  ruin 

exierat  tenebrosa"  sede,  que  vectus       curru 

h:ui-gone-out  from  (his)  dark  seat,      and     borne     in  a  chariot 

atrorum  equorum,  cautus      ambibat          funda-    [20 

of  black  horses,       cautious     did-go-around      the  founda- 

mina         Siculae  terrae.     Postquam     exploratum-est 

ti«ni     of  the  Sicilian       land.          After-that     it  wan-examined  [proved] 


188  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

eatis,         nulla  loca     labare.  que  metus  depositi, 

sufficiently,        no     places  to  totter,        and     fears         (were)  laid-aside, 

Erycina        residens     suo    monte,    que  amplexa 

Erycina  [V»nusJ    residing    in  her      mountain,     and    having  embraced 

volucrem  natum,  videt  hunc  vagantem,  que  dixit : 

(her)  winged  son,          sees        him         straying,        and        said . 

25]    "Nate,  mea  arma,  que  meae  manus  potentia; 

"  0  son,       my       arms,     and     my      hands,  (and  my)  power ; 

Cupido    cape   ilia   arma,     quibus        superas     omnes, 

Cupid  take     those    arms,     by  which      thou  overcomes!  all, 

que  molire  celeres  sagittas     in  pectus          dei, 

and      prepare        fleet  arrows      against      the  breast       of  the  god, 

cui        novissima    fortuna          triplicis    regni  cessit. 

to  whom  the  newest  [last]     fortune      of  the  triple          kingdom   yielded 

Tu     domas        Superos,  que  Jovem  ipsum ;     tu 

[fell].     Thou     subduest  the  Gods,  and    Jupiter      himself;     thou 

victa     numina          ponti,  que   ipsum   qui 

tsubduestj  the  conquered     deities     of  the  deep,         and         him         who 

80]    regit        numina          ponti.     Quid    Tartara  (pi.} 

rules       the  deities         of  the  deep.  Why         Tartarus 

cessant  ?  Cur  prefers         non  que      imperium 

loiter  [fail]     (thee)?       Why  extendest  (thou)  not    both  the  empire 

matris    que    tuum  ?         Tortia    pars          mundi 

of  (thy)  mother      aud       thy-own?     The  third          part     of  the  world 

agitur.  Et     tamen,     quse     est    jam     nostra 

is-acted  [is  at  stake.]     And        yet,  what        is         now  our 

patientia,     spernimur   in    coelo :    ac       vires     Amoris 

suffering,        we  are- despised      in     heaven  :     and  the  forces  of  Love 

minuuntur       mecum.     Ne     vides       non  Pallada, 

are  diminished       with  me.  Whether   seest  (thou)  not  Pallas, 

35]    que        jaculatricem      Dianam        abscessisse 

and      the  shooter  Diana        to  have-withdrawn  for 

mihi  ?         Filia         Cereris     quoque    erit,         ei 

from]  me  ?        The  daughter  of  Ceres  also          will-be  (so),  if 

patiemur,         nam        affectat        easdem  spes.     At 

wo  snail-suffer    (it),       for      she  aims-at      the  same  hopes.      But 

tu    junge        deam  patruo,    si   mea   gratia    est 

thou     unite      the  goddess  to  (tby)  uncle,        if       my        farour          it 


LIBER   QDINTUS.  189 

qua  pro        socio  regno."       Venus   dixit      Ille   solvit 

kiiy      Cur     tne  allied      kingdom."         Venus       spoke.         He       loosed 

pharetrara,  et  seposuit  unam     de      millc     sagittia 

(bis)  quiver,  and  set-aside        one       out-of  a  thousand       arruwi 

arbitrio  matris ;  sed         qu£    nee    [40 

by  the  will  [choice]     of  (his)  mother;        but  (than)  which  neither 

ulla   est     nee     acutior     nee  minus  incerta,  nee  quad 

any         is       neither  more-sharp     nor         less        uncertain,     nor    which 

audiat  arcum     magis ;     que       curvavit 

may  hear  [obey]  the  bow  more ;  and     he  bent 

flexile  cornu  genu         oppositae,    que 

the  flexible     horn     (of  the  bow)  by  the  knee  being  opposed,  and 

percussit    Ditem    in         cor          hamata    arundine. 

struck  Pluto       into    the  heart  with  a  hooked  shaft. 

Haud   procul     a         Hennaeis  moeriibus   est     lacus 

Not  far          from    the  Hennsenn  walls  is     a  lake 

altae   aquae,     nomine   Fergus.     Caystros  audit    [45 

of  deep        water,  by  name  Fergus.  Caystros         hears 

non      plura      carmina  cygnorum  ilia      in 

not  more  poems  [songs]  of  swans  (than)  that          in 

labentibus    undis.     Sylva     cingens     omne       latua 

the  gliding  wares.     A  wood       encompassing       all      the  side 

coronat        aquas,    que    submovet        Phoebeos    ignes 

crowns          the  waters,         and          removes        the  Phoabean  fires 

suis  frondibus,  ut       velo.  Kami  dant  frigora, 

by  its  leaves,         as  by  a  sail  [veil].     The  boughs  give  colds, 

humida  humus  flores.         Ver    est  perpetuum.    [50 

the  moist  ground     flowers.     The  spring      is  perpetual. 

Quo    luco    dum     Proserpina    ludit,    et   carpit    aut 

In  which    grove      whilst         Proserpina         sports,     and     plucks    either 

violas  aut  Candida  lila ;  que  dum       implet         sinura 

violets        or         white       lilies;      and     whilst  she  (ills  (her)  bosom 

que   calathos        puellari   studio,  et   certat     superare 

uml          baskets     with  childish  zeal,         and    strives  to  exceed 

aequales      legendo,         visa-est   que    dilecta,    que 

(her)  equals  in  gathering,     she  was-seen        and       beloved,         .mil 

rapta  Diti  pene       simul :         usque-adeo    [55 

Mtrried-off  to   [by]   Pluto  utmost  ut-ltn1  g.iun'-tiiiiL-  :   to  e  ich-u  pitch 


190  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

amor        properatur.  Dea     temta       clamat      et 

lore          is  battened.  The  goddess   affrighted         cries- for      both 

matrem  et  comites,  sed       matrem  saepius,        moesto 

mother        and  attendants,    bat  (her)  mother       oftener,    with  mournful 

ore:     et  ut      laniarat         vestem  ab        summa   ora, 

mouth:  and  when  he  bad-torn     (her)  robe          from  the  highest     border, 

collect!     flores     cecidere  remissis     tunicis. 

the  gathered       flowers  fell  from  the  loosed  tonics. 

Que      tanta      simplicitas        adfuit  puerilibus 

And          so-great          simplicity  was-present       to  the  childish 

60]    annis,    haec    jactura    quoque    movit    virgineum 

years,          this  loss  also  excited  virgin 

dolorem.       Raptor  agit  currus,  et  exhortatur 

grief.  The  ravisher      acts  [drives]  the  chariots,  and       encourages 

equos,   vocatos    quemque     nomine,     per  colla 

the  horses,         called  each        by  name,  through     the   necks 

que    jubas       quorum       excutit         habenas,    tinctas 

and        manes     of  which          he  shakes-out  the  reins,  dyed 

obscurS,   ferrugine;    que   fertur    per     altos  lacui 

with  dark  rust;  and     is-borne    through     deep       lake* 

65]    et        stagna          Palicorum,     olentia  sul- 

and  the  ponds       of  the  Paliei,  smelling-strong  with  brim- 

fure,  ferventia  rupt&  terr£,  et  qua"        Bacchiadae, 

stone,        boiling     from  the  broken    earth,    and  where    the  Bacchiadst, 

gens     orta          bimari         Corintho,     posuerunt 

a  nation     sprung    from  double-sea          Corinth,  placed  [built] 

moenia          inter     inequales     portus. 

walls  [a  city]  between        unequal  harbours. 

Est     aequor,       medium      Cyanes    et     Pisaea 

(There)  is       a  sea,  the  middle          of  Cyane          and  of  Pisaean 

Arethusae,   quod          inclusum         coit  angustia 

Arethusa,  which    being  enclosed          cornea-together    in  narrow 

70]    cornibus.     Hie  fuit  Cyane,       celeberrima  inter 

horns.  Here     was      Cyane,      the  most-famous       among 

Sicelidas     Nymphas,      a      cujus      nomine      quoque 

Sicilian  Nymph.s,         from       whose  name  also 

fitagnum         dictum,  quae  exstitit  medio 

th«  pond  was  called.         which  (nymph)  projected     iu  itj  niddlt 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  191 

gurgite     teuus         suinma  alvo,  que  agnovit       deum; 

wbirii'oul      as-far-as   the  highest      belly,     and    recognized  the  god ; 

inquit:    "Nee      ibitis     longitis.  Non    potes 

she  says:  "Neither    shall-ye-go     further.     Tliou 'art  not  'able 

esse    gener       Cereris  invitae :       fuit  roganda,    [75 

to  be        son-in-law    of  Ceres         nnwilling:  she  was     to-be-asked, 

non        rapienda.         Quod     si        est      fa8  mibi 

not          to-bc-torn-away.  But          if       it  is      divine-law    for  me 

componere  parva  magnis,  Anapis  et  dilexit 

tc  compare  small     (things)  to  great,  Anapis      also       loved 

me :     tamen    exorata,    nee    exterrita,    ut    haec, 

uie :        however      entreated,        nor        affrighted,        as        this    (girl), 

nupsi."  Dixit ;    et    tendens         bracliia    in 

I  married     (him)."     She  said ;         and     stretching  (her)  arms  into 

diversas    paries,         obstitit.  Saturnius      tenuit 

different  parts,         she  opposed.  The  son-of-Saturn    contained 

liaud         iram  ultra ;  que  hortatus        terri-    [80 

not        (his)  wrath  beyond;    and  having  encouraged    the   dread- 

biles  equos,     condidit         regale  sceptrum,  contortum 

ful          horses,  he  hid  [buried]  the  royal  sceptre,  hurled 

valido     lacerto,    in         ima  gurgitis. 

with  strong  arm,  in     the    lowest  (parts)    of    the   whirlpool. 

Tellus  icta,  fecit  viam  in  Tartara  (pi.),  et  recepit 

The  earth     struck,  made  [opened]  a  way  into  Tartarus,  and  received 

pronos  currus  medio    cratere.  At 

the  prone  [plunging]     chariots     in  the  middle          crater  [basin].     But 

Cyane,  moerens  que       deam  raptam  que       contempta 

Cyane,         grieving     both   the  goddess  torn-away  and  the  despised 

jura      sui     fontis,     gerit     inconsolabile    vulnus    [85 

rights  of  her        fountain,       ln-urs  :in   inconsolable  wound 

tacita  mente  ;  que  omnis     absumitur     lacrymis : 

in  (her)  silent      mind;         and        all       is  wasted  in  tears: 

et  extenuatur  in  illas  aquas,     quarum       fucrat 

ani  (she)  is  diminished        into  those    waters,  of  which        she  buil-lin-n 

modo        magnum    numen.           Videres  membra 

lately        the  great  deity.         Thou  migh test-nee  (her)  limbs 

molliri,  ossa     pati  flexus,       ungues  posuisse 

to-bo  -"I'tcii'  1,  'In-   liniii-.-!  to  siifli-:'  !» iniings,  the  nails       to-have-laid  asii» 

u 


192  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

90]    rigorem ;  que  quaeque  tenuissima          de       totfi 

hardness ;        and        every         most-slender  (things)  of  the  whole 

prima  liquescunt ;       coerulei    crines,  que  digiti, 

(of  h«r)  first  melt;  the  azure  hairs,       and      fingers, 

et  crura,  que  pedes;  nam       transitus         est   brevis 

and    legs,       and        feet;          for     the  passage  [change]     is  short 

exilibus    membris    in    gelidas    undas.     Post    haec, 

to  slender  limbs  in          cold  waves.          After       these, 

que       tergum,  que  humeri.  que  latus,  que       pectora, 

both  the  back,  and      shoulders,     and      side,      and    the  breasts, 

95]    abeunt     evanida     in     tenues     rivos.      Denique, 

go-away       evanescent    into        thin          rivulets.  Lastly, 

lympha     pro     vivo   sanguine   subit       vitiatas  venas, 

pure-water  instead-of  live          blood      |  succeeds  the  corrupted         veins, 

que       nihil       restat      quod 

[circulate   in   her  varied    veins,]    and         nothing       remains         which 

possis  pr£ndere. 

I  thou  mayest-be-able  to  catch  [can  fill  your  grasp]. 


FAB.  VII.  (Metam.  Lib.  V.  438—461.) 

PTJER  IN  STELLTONEM. 

THE    BOY     (CHANGED)  INTO    A    SPOTTED   LIZARD. 

Interea        filia  qusesita-est   nequicquam 

Meantime   the  daughter  [Proserpine]     was-sought  in-vain 

omnibus    terris,      omni    profundo,  pavidae 

In  all  hinds,      in  every  deep,  to  [by]  the  fearful 

matri.     Aurora  veniens         rutilis  capillis  vidit  illam 

mother.         Aurora        coming      with  ruddy        locks          saw  her 

non  cessantem,  non  Hesperus.     Ilia 

not        ceasing  [taking  repose],    not  [neither]  (did)  Hesperus.  She 

succendit   pinus          duabus   manibus    ab   flammifera* 

lighted  pines     in  the  two  hands         from  fiery 

5]      Mtna, ;  que  irrequieta  tulit  per     pruinosaa 

yEtna;          and        restless          bore  (them)  through  frosty 

tenebras.     Rursus,  ubi  alma  dies   hebet&rat 

glooms.  Again,       when  serene     day     bad-blunted  [extinguished] 


LIBER   QUINTUS.  193 

aidera,         quaerebat          natara        ab         occasum 

(he  stars,          sne  did-seek          (her)  daughter         from     the  setting 

Solus  ad       ortu          Solis.     Fessa  labore, 

of  the  Sun         to   the  rising  of  the  Sun.          Fatigued    by  the   labour, 

collegerat  sitim,    que    nolli    fontes      col- 

•he  bad-collected  [contracted]    thirst,        and        no         fountains      had- 

luerant         ora,    cum        vidit   fortfc     casam     tectam 

drenched  (her)  mouths,  when     she  saw     by-chance  a  cot  covered 

stramine,  que  pulsavit  parvas  fores ;  at  inde    [io 

with  straw,  and     knocked-at     small         doors;    but  thence 

anus  prodit,     que   videt       divam,   que  dedit 

an  old-woman       cornes-forth,     and       sees     the  goddess,      and        gave 

roganti   lympham,    dulce,  quod        coxerat 

(to  her)  asking         pure-water,         sweet     (witie),  which  she  bad-boiled 

ante        tosta     polenta".     Dum  ilia  bibit       datum, 

before  with  toasted    barley-meal.      Whilst  she  drinks  the  given    (wine), 

puer         duri  oris    et    audax,  constitit    ante 

a  boy       of  a  hard  [impudent]  face     and       bold,  stood        before 

deam,    que     risit,     que     vocavit          avidam.    [15 

the  goddess,      and     laughed,     and  called      (her)    greedy. 

Offensa-est     neque     adhuc        parte  epota", 

She  was-offended,  nor  as-yet        a  part         (being)  drunk-up, 

diva     perfudit          loquentum  polentd     mista" 

the  goddess    sprinkled    (him)    speaking          by  the  barley-meal  mingled 

cum       liquido.  Os     combibit  maculas, 

with    the  liquid.          (His)  face       drinks-up  [contracts]  the  stains, 

et       gerit  crura,  qua       gessit  brachia  modo  ;     cauda 

and  he  bears      legs,      where  he  bore          arms          lately ;     a  tail 

est  addita,       membris         mutatis ;  que     contrahitur 

is          added,     the  limbs  being  changed ;      and    he    is-contraoted 

in        brevem    formam,    ne      magna    vis        nocendi 

into     a  short  shape,          lest     a  great          force     of  injuring 

sit,      que       mensura         est   minor  parva    [20 

may-be,  and  the  measure  [size]         is         less       (than)  a  small 

lacertst         Fugit  anum,        mirantem        que 

lizard.  lie  fled  from  the  old-woman,      wondering  and 

flentem,    et    parantem       tangcre       monstra,         que 

weeping,         and      preparing      to  touch  the    prodigies  [him],  and 


194  OVIDH   METAMORPH. 

petit       latebram,        que      habet        nomen       aptum 

seeks        a  lurking-hole,          and  hus          a  name  fit 

colori,  stellatus          variis       guttis 

for   (hla)    colour,        being  starred          with  various  drops  [§pot«l 

corpora. 

(as   to)   the  bodies    [limbs]. 


FAB.  VIII.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  462—550.) 

ASCALAPHUS  IN  BUBONEM. 

ASCALAPHUS    (CBANOED)     INTO     AN     OWL. 


Mora  est  longa      dicere     per     quas   terras,  et 

The  delay         is       long       to  say  through    what       lands,     and 

quas    undas,         dea      erraverit  (sub.} ;         orbis 

what        waves,       the  goddess   may -have-strayed;         the  globe  [space] 

defuit  quaerenti.  Repetit        Sicaniam. 

was-wanting  (to  her)    seeking.  She   seeks-again  Sicily. 

Que    dum        lustrat    omnia  eundo,       venit 

And        whilst  she  observes          all         (things)    in   going,         she  camo 

et       ad  Cyanem ;    ea     narrSsset      omnia,  ni 

also        to         Cyane;          she  would-have-told          all      (things),  unless 

fuisset  (sub.)         mutata ;    sed     et     os     et   lingua 

she  might-have  [had]  been  changed;         but    both  mouth  and      tongue 

5]      aderant     non  volenti    dicere,  nee  habebat 

were-present  not     (to  her)  willing   to  say,  nor  did-she-have 

quo          loqueretur.       Tamen          dedit 

(any    thing)  with  which     she  might-speak.  However     she  gave 

manifesta    signa,    que    ostendit    in        summis   undis 

evident  signs,         and        showed         in     the  highest          waves 

zonam     Persephones  notara          parenti,         delap- 

»       u'irdle      of  Proserpine  known  to  the  parent,     having  slipped- 

m     forte1        illo    loco,  sacro    gurgite.      Quarn 

•iff       by- chance  in  that      place,  in  the  sacred      whirlpool.  Which 

simul  diva      agnovit,  laniavit         inornate* 

M-soon-as    the  goddess    recognized,       khe  tore  the    unad—utci 


LIBER    QUINTU8.  195 

capillos,  tamquam  scisset     turn  denique 

locks,  as-if    she  might  'have  [had]  'known  then         at-last    (her) 

raptam  ;  et  percussit         pectora  rep  etita       suis    [io 

torn-away ;  and       struck       (her)  breasts          repeated     with  her 

palmis.       Nee        scit        adhuc    ubi        sit;      tamen, 

palms.  Nor       knows-she       as-yet      where  she  may-be;  however, 

increpat    omnes    terras,    que    vocat          ingratas, 

•he  chides  all  lands,        and         calls     (them)  ungrateful, 

nec  dignas  munere     frugum :    Trinacriam    ante 

Dor       worthy  with  the  gift  of  fruits :  Sicily  before 

alias,  in  qua       reperit       vestigia          damni.    [15 

(all)  others,  in  which  she  found        the  traces         of  (her)  loss. 

Ergo        fregit       saevamanu     aratra  vertentia   glebas 

Therefore  she  broke  with  cruel      hand  the  ploughs       turning   the  clods 

illic ;  que  irata  dedit  parili     leto  colonos, 

there;     und     angry     gave  [put]  to  a  similar       death     the  husbandmen, 

que       ruricolas      boves;    que  jussit       arva      fallere 

and     the  land-tillers  the  oxen;          and      ordered  the  lands   to   deceive 

depositum,  que     fecit          semina        vitiata. 

the  deposited  (seed),      and        made       the  seeds  corrupted. 

Fertilitas  terrae,     vulgata      per  latum 

The  fertility  of  the  earth,          published      through          the  broad 

orbem,  jacet     falsa;  segetes  moriuntur  in    [20 

globe,  lies       valueless;         the  crops  die  in 

primis    herbis :  et    modo    nimius    sol,    modd 

the  lirst  herbs  [blades] :  and   one-time    too-much     sun,    one-time 

aiinius  imber  corripit.     Que  sidera  que  venti  nocent, 

ton-much      rain          seizes.  And        stars      and     winds        injure, 

que    avidae   volucres    legunt       jacta   semina;    lolium 

und        greedy          birds  gather      the  cast  seeds;  darnel 

que    tribuli    et    inexpugnabile    gramen    fatigant 

uud         thistles      and         unconquerable  Kr-<-a  weary  [choakj 

triticeas      messes.       Cum      Eleis      Alpheias    [25 

the  wheaten  crops.  When          Klei.ii  Alpheias 

extulit          caput  undis,    que    removit          ro- 

raised         (her)  head       from  the  waves,        and         removed  (her)  dew- 

runtcs    comas     a        fronie     ad       aures ;    atque    ait: 

dropping        L:iin»       1'rum  the  forehead      to      die  «urs;  and        Bays : 


i'.ltf  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

"  0  genetrix          virginis  quaesitae          toto  orbe,  et 

"  0          mother      of  the  virgin  sought    in  the  whole    globe,  and 

frugum,    siste         immensos   labores,    neve  violenta 

of  fruits,  stop    (thy)  immense  labours,         nor  violent 

30]    irascere         terrae   fidae     tibi.         Terra     meruit 

be-angry     to  the  earth     faithful  to  thee.     The  earth  has-deserved 

nihil;  que    in  vita         patuit         rapinse.     Nee 

nothing  (severe);     and    unwilling    she  was-open     to  plunder.  Nor 

sum       supplex  pro      patrifi, ;    veni       hue        hospita. 

am     (I)  a  suppliant    for    the  country ;  I  have-come  hither  (as)  a  guest 

Pisa   est   patria      mihi,    et        ducimus 

[stranger].      Pisa        is       country     to  me,        and    we    lead       [derive] 

ortum   ab    Elide.       Peregrina,     colo     Sicaniam ;  sed 

origin      from      Elis.         A  sojourner,          I  cultivate      Sicily;  but 

haec  terra  est      gratior          mihi        omni  solo :  nunc, 

this       land      is      more-agreeable     to  me    (than)  every     soil:  now, 

35]  Arethusa,     habeo  hos       penates,       hunc 

(named)   Arethusa,         I  have       these     household-gods,         this 

sedem,  quam    serva   tu,     mitissima.       Hora     veniet, 

seat,  which    preserve  thou,  0  mildest.  An  hour       will-c  >me, 

tempestiva      meis  narratibus,    cur      mota-sim 

seasonable        for  my          narratives,         why     I  may-have-been-moved 

loco,    que     advehar  Ortygiam,      per 

from  (my)  place,       and    I  may-be-conveyed-to          Ortygia,        through 

undas     tanti     aequoris ;  cum   tu    eris    que     levata 

the  waves     of  so-great  a  sea ;  when  thou  shalt-be  both    lightened 

curis,     et      melioris      vultus.  Pervia   tellus 

from  cares,       and     of  better          countenance.      The  passable         earth 

40J    praebet     iter  mihi,  que     ablata     sub- 

affords       a  journey  [passage]  to  me,         and    carried-away      be- 

ter         imas  cavernas,  hie    attolo       caput,  que   cerno 

neath  the  lowest      caverns,       here  I  raise     (my)  head,        and  I  behold 

desueta   sidera.        Ergo      dura      labor   sub       terris 

unusual  stars.  Therefore       whilst     I  glide      under  the    lands 

Stygio    gurgite,    tua    Proserpina   visa-est    illic 

in  the    Stygian        whirlpool,       thy         Proserpine          was-seen      there 

nostris  oculis.     Ilia  quidem        tristis,  nee  adhuc 

to  [bj]  our  eyes.  She       indeed  (was)  sad,          nor       us-yet 


LIBER    QUINTUS.  197 

jnterrita      vultu ;         sed  tamen  regina,    [45 

undismayed  in  countenance;   but    however  (she  was)  a  queen, 

Bed      maxima         opaci  mundi ;  sed  tamen,       pollens 

but    the  greatest    of  the  dark       world;       but    however,  the   powerful 

matrona  inferni  tyranni."         Mater    stupuit 

matron         [wife]  of  the  infernal         ruler."          The  mother   was-amazed 

ad       voces       auditas  ceu  saxea ;  que  fuit  diu  similis 

at    the  expressions     heard       as-if     stony ;       and      was  long  like 

attonitae.         Que  ut  gravis  amentia      pulsa-est 

to  (one)  thunderstruck.      And  when    heavy       madness  was  expelled 

gravi    dolore,         exit       in      sethereas     auras 

by  heavy          grief,         she  goes-out  into          ethereal  airs  [skies] 

curribus;  ibi,  nubila         toto     vultu,           stetit    [50 

in  chariots;       there,  cloudy  in  the  whole  countenance,  she  stood 

invidiosa  passis        capillis  ante   Jovem,    que 

envious  [vengeful]  with  dishevelled         locks       before      Jupiter,        and 

inquit:       "Veni         supplex,     Jupiter,     tibi,  que  pro 

says :         "  I  have-come    a  suppliant,     0  Jupiter,      to  thec,  both      for 

meo    sanguine,    que   pro    tuo.     Si       gratia       matris 

my  blood,  and       for      thine.      If    the  favour    of  a  mother 

eat   nulla,        nata      moveat         patrem;  neu       cura 

is          none,       the  daughter  may-move  (her)  father;  nor     the   care 

illius      sit  vilior,  precamur,    [55 

[regard]    of  her          may-bo      more-despicable,  we  pray, 

quod          edita-est  nostro      partu.      En  ! 

because    she  has-been-brought-forth     by  our  child-birth.         Lo! 

nata      quaesita  diu,  reperta-est  tandem         mihi ; 

(my)  daughter     sought       long,  has-been-found    at-length  to  [by]  me; 

si       vocas  reperire  amittere  certius, 

if  thou  callest  (that)  to  find  (her),  to  lose  (her)  more-surely, 

aut  si      vocas  reperire  scire  ubi      sit  (sub.) 

or       if  thou  callest  (that)  to  find  (her),  to  know  where  she  may-be 

Feremus    quod  rapta,    dummodo 

[she  is].     We  shull-bear  that    (sho  has  been)  torn-:iway,        provided 

reddat  (sub.)    earn.      Enim    tua     filia     est    neque 

ho  may-restore  her.  For         thy     daughter      is        neither 

digna         praedone    marito,    si  jam    mea    [60 

ivorthy-of      a  robber  husband,      if  [though]    now          my 

17* 


198  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

filia       eat    digna."       Jupiter     excepit : 

daughter    is         worthy."  Jupiter  took-up       (the  discourse)*. 

"Nata       est     commune   pignus    que    onus     mini 

"The  daughter        i*      a  common  pledge       and      weight  to  me 

tecum ;  sed  si  modo     placet     addere  vera  nomina 

with  thee;  but    if      only     it  pleases     to  add  true          names 

rebus,  hoc  factum  est  non     injuria,  verum  amor ; 

to  things,      thii        deed         is        not  an  injury,  but  love; 

65]    neque    ille       gener        erit          pudori      nobis; 

nor  that       son-in-law      shall-be     for  shame       to  us; 

modo      tu,      diva,          velis.       Ut  caetera 

provided     thou,  0  goddess,       mayest-will.     As     [though]    the   rest 

dcsint,  quantum  est         esse       fratrem 

inay-be-wanting,       how-great     (a  thing)  is-it      to  be  a  brother 

Jovis !  quid,    quod   nee        caetera     desunt 

of  Jupiter !     what,     because  neither  the  rest  are-wanting  (to  him), 

nec  cedit       sorte,    nisi        mibi ;    sed   si   tanta 

nor     does  he  yield      in  lot,  unless     to  me;          but      if  so-great 

cupido     dissidii  tibi,    Proserpina          repetet 

desire       of  disagreement  (be  to)  thee,         Proserpine       may-seek-again 

coslum;    tamen,          certsi     lege,  si        contigit 

heaven;        however,  with  a  certain       law  [condition],  if  she  has-touched 

70]    nullos  cibos  illic  ore.     Nam  sic  cau- 

no  foods    there  with  the  mouth.      For    thus  it  has  been  pro- 

tum-est  foedere  Parcarum." 

vided          by  the  covenant    of  the  Fates." 

Dixerat;     at       est    certum  Cereri 

He   had   said;  but    it  is  sure    [resolved]      to    Ceres 

educere  natam.  Fata    sinunt    non     ita; 

to  lead-out        (her)  daughter.         The  fates         permit        not  so ; 

quoniam       virgo    solverat  jejunia,    et    duui    simplex 

since  the  virgin      bad-loosed      fastings,      and  whilst  simple 

errat     in  cultis         hortis,  decerpserat 

she  strays        in        the  cultivated        gardens,     she   had   plucked 

75]         puniceum  pomum  curva  arbore ; 

|  a  punic  apple  [a  pomegranate]  from  a  bent  tree; 

que       presserat     BUO   ore   septern   grana   eumpta   de 

»nd     had  pressed        in  her    mouth     seven          grains        taken      from 


LIBER    QUINTUS.  109 

pailenti     cortice:     que     Ascalaphus     solus         ex 

the  pale  rind:  and          Ascalaphus  alone        cut-oi 

omnibus  vidcrat  illud ;        quern  Orplme,  haud       igno- 

all  bad-seen     that;     (he)  whom     Orphne,          nut      the   most- 

tissima  inter       Avernales  Nymphas,  dicitur       pope- 
unknown    among  the  Avernian  Nymphs,          is-said       to   have- 

risse         quondam  ex  suo  Acheronte  sub   furvis    [so 

brought-forth    formerly     from    her         Acheron        under       dusky 

antris.           Vidit       et     crudelis     ademit         reditum 

caverns.         He  saw      (it),  and          cruel          took-away  (her)  return 

indicio.  Regina     Erebi  ingemuit,  que  fecit 

by  the  information.     The  queen         of  Erebus       groaned,       and     made 

testein    profanam  avem ;  que  vertit      caput  sparsum 

the  witness  an  accursed         bird ;        and    turned  the  head         sprinkled 

Phlegethontide  lympha    in     rostrum,  et  plumas  et 

with  Pblegethonian  water        into  a  beak,  and    feathers  and 

grandia  lumina.     Ille     ablata  sibi, 

large  eyes.  He    |  taken-away     from  himself  [despoiled  of  hii 

amicitur    ab    fulvis    alis,    que   crescit   in    [85 

shape],  is  clothed  by      yellow     wings,     and     increases  into 

caput;  que  reflectitur  longos  ungues,  que    vix 

ahead;         and     is-bent-back  (as  to)  the  long  nails,        and  hardly 

movet       pennos  natas     per          inertia  brachia; 

moves      the  feathers  [wings]  grown     through    the  sluggish  arms; 

que      fit  foeda  volucris,     nuntia         veri  luctfis, 

and     be  becomes     a  foul  bird,         a  messenger    of  real  grief, 

ignavis    bubo,     dirum    omen       mortalibus. 

a  lazy  owl,      a  dreadful      token     to   mortals. 


FAB.   IX.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  551—571.) 

SIRENE8  IN      AVE8. 

THE    SIRENS    (CHANGED)    INTO    BIRDS. 

Tamen,    hie  potest        videri  corn- 

However,      this  (person)   is-able       to  be-seen  [to  seem]      to  have- 

meruisse    posnam  indicio     que  lingua1.       Ache- 

deserved        punishment  by  the  information  and      tongue.        0   Ache. 


200  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

loides,  unde  vobis       pluma  que  pedes     avium, 

'tildes,       whence  (came)  to  you    the  feather      and       feet    of  birds, 

cum      geratis       ora  virginis  ?  An 

when    ye  may-bear  the  countenances  [looks]  of  a  virgin  ?  Whether 

quia          Sirenes  mistae-eratis    in        numero 

because  (ye)  Sirens          had   been    mingled  in     the  number 

5]        comitum,  cum  Proserpina  legeret  (sub.} 

of  attendants,    when      Proserpine     might  [did]  gather 

vernos   flores  ?     Quam   postquam      quaesistis    frustra 

vernal          flowers  ?        Whom         after-that       ye  sought  in-vaiu 

in       toto  orbe,       optastis      posse      insistere      remis 

in    the  whole  globe,     ye  wished         to  be-able     to  lean-on         to  oars 

alarum    super        fluctus,    ut        aequora    sentirent 

of  wings  upon       the  waves,          that  the  seas  might-feel 

protinus  vestram  curam ;  que     habuistis  faciles 

immediately    your          anxiety ;     and  ye  had  easy  [complying] 

deos,    et      vidistis  vestros  artus     flavescere        subitis 

gods,       and  ye  saw  your        Hinbs   t<>  grow -yellow  with   sudden 

10]    pennis.     Tamen,  ne  ille  canor,  natus  ad       aures 

feathers.         However,   lest  that  melody,      born       to     the    ears 

mulcendas,  que  tanta     dos      oris  deperderet       usum 

to-be-soothed,     and    so-great  a  gift    efface         might-lose       the   use 

linguae,  virginei       vultus,       et     humana     vox 

of  tongue,      (your)  virgin  countenances,     and        human        voice 

remansit. 

remained. 

At    Jupiter,    medius  que     sui    fratris    que 

But      Jupiter,  middle  [arbitrator]  both  of  his       brother        and 

15]       mosstae      sororis,     dividit       volventem    annum 

of  sorrowful        sister,  divides     the  rolling  year 

ex-aequo.    Nunc      dea,      commune  numen        duorum 

equally.  Now     the  goddess,  a  common          deity     of  the  two 

regnorurn,     est      totidem      menses     cum          matre, 

kingdoms,  is        just-a?-iu:my       months          with    (her)    mother, 

totidem       cum          conjuge.      Et        facies 

just-as-many     with     (der)   husband.          Both  the  face       [appearance] 

mentis      et        oris  vertitur  extemplo : 

of  m'od  and     of  countenance    is-turned  [changed]    immediately 


LIBER    QUINTUS.  201 

nam,         quae   poterat     videri  moesta     quoque 

for        (the),  who       was-uble  to  be-seen  [to  seem]  sorrowful  even 

Diti,    cst        laeta    frons          deae ;     ut        Sol,    qui 

to  Pluto,       is     the  joyful    forehead  of  a  goddess;  as     the  Sun,    which 

tectus-fuit     ant&          aquosis     nubibua,     ubi,    [20 

was  covered  before       by  watery  clouds,          when, 

nubibus  victis,  exit. 

the  clouds         being  conqwired,   he  comes-forth  (to  view). 


FAB.  X.     (Metam.  Lib.  V.  662—678.) 

PIERIDE8  IN        PICAS. 

THE    PIERWES    (CHANGED)    INTO    MAOP1ES. 

Maxima  6"     nobis  finierat       doctos  cantus. 

The   greatest     (muse)  oiH-of    us        bad-ended  the  learned        songs. 

At       Nymphas  colentes  Helicona  dix£re       concordi 

But   the   Nymphs         inhabiting         Helicon          said      with  unanimous 

Bono,        deas  ricisse.  Cum     victae 

Bound,     the   goddesses     to  have-conquered.         When     being-conquered 

jacerent     convicia>          dixit :       "  Quoniam       est 

they  might-cast      reproaches,      she   said:  "Since  it   is 

parum  vobis     meruisse     supplicium  cer- 

little  [a  trifle]         to  you     t»  have-deserved     punishment     by   the   con- 

tamiue,  que      additis  maledicta      culpae,  et  libera    [6 

test,  and     ye  add          evil-sayings     to  fault,       and        free 

patientia     est     non         nobis,         ibimus     in 

[complete]  patience  is          not         to   us,  we  will-go       into 

pcenas,        et  sequemur  qu&   ira   vocat."       Emathides 

punishments,  and    will-follow    where  anger    calls."     The   Emathides 

rident,  que  spernunt       minacia     verba ;  que  co- 

luugli,         and        despise     the    threatening      words;      and   having   eu- 

natas  loqui,     et        intentare     protervas     manus 

deavoured    to   spuak,       and     to  menace  insolent  hand! 

magno    clamore,          adspezere  pennaa       exire 

with  great  noise,         they    beheld  feathers       to   oome-out 

per     suos  ungues,     brachia     operiri         plumia;    [io 

through  their       nails,     the  arms          to  be-covered  with  plume*; 


-02  OVIDII  METAMORPH. 

quo       vident         altera  ora          alterius 

and  thej   see          |  the  others'      faces  of  the  other    [one  another's 

concrescere         rigido    rostro,    que   novas   volucres 

to  grow-hard  in  a  stiff  beak,         and        new  birds 

accedere  sylvis.     Que  dum        volunt 

to  approach  [to  be  added]  to  the  woods.  And     whilst  they  will 

plangi,       Picae,          convicia  nemorum,  levatao 

to  be-lamented,  Magpies,     the  reproaches  of  the  groves,  lifted 

15]    per       mota   brachia,    pendebant      ae're.      Nunc 

by      the  moved         arras,  did-hang        in  air.  Now 

quoque       prisca  facundia,  que      rauca  garrulitas,  que 

also  the  ancient      eloquence,     and  the  hoarse         babbling,         and 

immane  studium      loquendi,       remans)  t 

a  dreadful     [an  astonishing]  inclination  of  speaking,          has   remained 

in         alitibus. 

in      the    bird*. 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  208 


LIBER     SEXTUS, 

BOOK  THE  SIJTTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  VI.  1—145.) 

CEBTAMBN  ARACHNE8    CUM    PALLADE. 

THE    CONTEST         OF    ARACHNE        WITH    PALLAS. 

TRITONIA   praebuerat     aurem      talibus   dictis,    que 

MINERVA  bad-afforded  an  ear          to  such  sayings,      and 

probaverat        carmina          Aonidum   que          justam 

bad-approved     the  verses          of  the  Muses  and  (their)  just 

iram.     Turn  secum,     est  parum     laudare ; 

anger.         Then  (she  said)  with  herself,      it  is         little      to  praise ; 

et          ipsse         laudemur ;      nee    sinamus       numina 

and  (also)  ourselves     may-be-praised ;       nor     may-we-allow      divinities 

sperm       sine     nostra      poena".          Que        intendit 

to  be-despised  without        our        punishment.  And     she   directed 

animum          Fatis     Maeoniae  Arachnes,  quam      [5 

(her)  mind          to  the  Fates     of  Maeonian         Arachne,         whom 

audierat   non      cedere      sibi          laudibus      lani- 

»he  had-heard        not    to  yield         to   herself    in   praises  of  wool- 

ficae     artis.     Dla   fuit   non     clara          loco  nee 

working     art.          She       was       not      illustrious     by  place  [rank]     nur 

origine      gentis,  sed      arte.     Colophonius   Idmon, 

oy  origin         of  i'muily,        but    by  art.  Colophonian  Idinon, 

pater      huic,  tingebat       bibulas  lanas       Phocaico 

ilie  father     tu    her,  did-dye     the    soaking        wools  with  Phocaian 


204  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

murice.  Mater    occiderat,          sed    et          h«c 

purple.  (Her)   mother        bad-fallen  [died],     but      and   [also]    she 

10]    fuerat     de         plebe,         que    sequa      suo    Tiro. 

bad-been    from   the  commonalty,     and        equal     to  her        man 

Tamen   ilia   qusesierat     memorabile    nomen 

[husband].          Yet          she       bad-sought    a  memorable  name 

studio  per  Lydas    urbes ;     quamvis    orta 

by  application      through      the  Lydian         cities ;          although      arisen 

parva   domo,        habitabat          parvis    Hypaepis. 

from  a  small       house,     she   did-well        in    the   small  Hypaepae. 

Nymphse    deseruere        vineta  sui     Tymoli; 

The  Nymphs  deserted       the   vineyards        of  their        Tymolus : 

16]         Pactolides    Nymphae    deseruere    suas    undas. 

the  Pactolian  Nymphs  deserted  their         waters 

Nec  solum      juvabat       spectare        vestes         factas ; 

Nor        only      it   did-delight   to   view  the   robes        being   made ; 

turn  quoque,  cum         fierent  tantus 

then        also,        when    they   might-be-made  (were  being  made)  so-great 

decor     adfuit  arti.         Sive  glomerabat 

beauty     was-present   to  the  art.  Whether         she    did-make-round 

rudem   lanam   in        primes   orbes,    seu    subigebat 

the  rough  wool      into  the  first  circles,       or  did-reduce 

20]         opus       digitis,  que  mollibat       repetita 

the  work  with  fingers,      and     did-soften  the  repeated  [re-worked] 

vellere    aequantia        nebulas         longo  tractu;      sive 

fleeces  equalling      the   mists          with   long        drawing;   whether 

versabat         teretem    fusum         levi     pollice,    seu 

she  did-revolve     the  taper  spindle    with  light        thumb,  or 

pingebat  acu ;  scires 

did-paint   [embroider]         with    the    needle;     thou  mightest-know  (her) 

doctam  (esse)       a       Pallade.       Quod    tamen    ipsa 

to  have-been-Uiught          by  Pallas.  Which     however        sho 

negat,       que      offensa       tanta          magistra1,        ait: 

denies,  and         offended      with-so-great    a  mistress,         she  says : 

"  Certet  mecum ;     est     nihil     quod, 

v  She   may-contend  with  me;  there-is  nothing     which,          being 

25]    victa,          recusem."     Pallas  simulat  anum ; 

conquered,     I  may-refuse."         Pallas         feigns     an    old-woman ; 


LIBER   SEXTUB.  20.0 

que  addit  falsos  canos  in         tompora,  et    juoquo 

and      adds       false      hoary  (locks)  unto  (her)  temples,       and  also 

sustinet          infirmos     artus  baculo. 

sustains        (her)   infirm  limbs     with   a   staff. 

Tune    sic    orsa  (eat)       loqui :       "  Grandior     aetas 

Then        thus      she-began       to    speak :  "  Very-great  age 

habet     non     omnia  quge       fugiamus.  Usus 

has  not  all      (things)  which    we   may-shun.          Experience 

venit    ab    seris   annis.     Sperne  ne   meum   consilium 

cornea      from     late        years.         Despise       not        my  counsel. 

Maxima      fama  faciendae  lanae    [30 

The   greatest  fame  of  making         [working]         wool 

petatur  tibi   inter   mortales.     Cede          dese, 

may-be-sought  to  [by]  thee     among        mortals.          Yield   to  a  goddess, 

que    roga    veniam,    temeraria,  tuis    dictis, 

and        ask          pardon,  rash  (woman),  for  thy        sayings, 

supplice  voce.     Ilia  dabit  veniam  roganti." 

with  suppliant     voice.         She  will-give    pardon      to  (thee)  asking." 

Adspicit    hanc  torvis,  que      relinquit 

She   looks-at  her  with    stern         (eyes),     and  leaves 

incepta      fila,      que     vix      retinens  manum, 

the  begun  threads,      and     scarcely     restraining      (her)   hand, 

que  confessa  iram  rultibus,    [35 

and  baving-confessed  anger          by   (her)   looks, 

resecutu-est       obscuram  Pallada       talibus 

ahe  followed  the   obscure     [disguised]          Pallas     with  such 

dictis:  "Venis     mops         mentis,    que   confectn 

sayings :     "  Thou   comest       destitute      of  mind,          and  wasted 

longa     senecta,      et        nocet  vixisse 

by  a  long  old-age,          and    it   hurts         (thee)   to   have   lived 

nhiiium-diu.     Si    qua         nurus         est      tibi,  si   qua 

t  io-long.  If       any     daughter-in-law       is      to  thee,     if      any 

iilia      est     tibi,       audiat   istas   voces.  Est 

daughter  is    to  thee,  she  iniiy-lieur    those       voices  [speeches].     There-is 

satis         consilii       mihi   in   me.     Neve  putes 

enough     of  counsel      for   me          in      me.  Nor    mayest-thou-think 

profecisse  monendo ;  eadera    [40 

te  have-profited  by    advising;  (there    is)    the   same 


206  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

sententia      nobis.       Cur      venit      non     ipsa?      Cur 

opinion  to  us.  Why     comes-she        not       herself?        Why 

vitat        hsec    certamina?"      Tune          dea          ait: 

avoids-she    these          contests?"  Then      the   goddess         says: 

"  Venit,     que     removit        anilem  formam, 

"She   has-come,       and        removed      the   old-womanish  form. 

que  exhibuit  Pallada.         Nymphae  que      Myg- 

and      exhibited   (herself)     Pallas.         The  nymphs          and    the    Myg- 

donides        nurus  venerantur       numina  (pi-) : 

donian      daughters-in-law  [women]        venerate         the   divinity  : 

45]         virgo  sola  interrita-est.     Sed  tamen      erubuit, 

the  virgin    alone  was-unfrightened.     But        yet      she   blushed, 

que      subitus     rubor     notavit         ora  (pi.)         invita 

and      a  sudden          redness        marked    (her)  countenance      unwilling 

que  rursus  evanuit,  ut       aer       solet        fieri 

(to  show  it),  and      again      vanished,     as  the  air      is  wont   to  be-made 

purpureus  cum  primum       Aurora      movetur,  et  post 

purple  [red]     when        first        the  Morning    is  moved,  and    after 

breve     tempus         candescere         ab          ictu 

a  short  time  to  become-white  from      the  stroke  [rays] 

Solis.      Perstat  in         incepto,      que       cupidine 

of  the  Sun.      She  persists      in  (her)  undertaking,     and   with    desire 

60]       stolidae    palmae  ruit     in     sua     fata. 

of  foolish  palm  [victory]     she  rushes  unto  her-own   fates. 

Enim    neque  nata         Jove  recusat,  nee  monet 

For  neither  (Pallas)     born   from  Jupiter     refuses,        nor      advisei 

ulterius,  nee  jam  differt       certamina.     Mora      baud ; 

farther,          nor    now     defers     the  contests.  Delay     (is)  not; 

anibae   constituunt      diversis    partibus,    et   intendunt 

both  arrange  in  separate  parts,  and  direct 

geminas  telas        gracili  stamine.        Tela  vincta-est 

the  two  webs  with  slender        thread.        The  web         was-bound 

55]  jugo ;  arundo  secernit       stamen ; 

to  the  yoke  [beam] ;  the  reed  separates   the    thread  [warp] ; 

medium    subtemen    mseritur  acutis    radiis, 

the  middle  woof  is-inserted     with  the  sharp  rays 

quod        digiti    expediunt,    atque  ductum 

[ihuttle],  which     the  fingers          arrange,  and      (being)  led 


LIBER   SEXTCS.  207 

inter         stamina,       insect!  dentes  feriunt       percusso 

botween  the  threads,       the  notched       teeth         strike     wiu  struck 

pectine.       Utraque      festinant  (pi.) ;      que      cinctae 

comb.  Each  hasten;  and  girded 

vestes      ad        pectora          movent  docta 

(a«  to)   garments      to       the  breasts          they  move  (their)  learned 

bra'chia,    studio    fallente       laborem.     Et    [60 

[ikilful]   arms,  desire         deceiving  the  labour.  And 

illic  purpura  quae       sensit        Tyrium  aenum 

there       purple        which  has-perceived  a  Tyrian         brazen     (cauldron) 

texitur,        et        tenues    umbrae       parvi    discriminis, 

la-woven,  and  the  slight  shades       of  little  distinction, 

qualis     arcus  ab  imbre  percussis         solibus  (pi.) 

like-as  the  bow      from  [after]  a  shower        struck     by  the  sun 

solet          inficere         longum       coelum  ingenti 

ii-wont        to  tint  the  long  heaven         with  large 

curvamine,  in  quo  cilm  mille     diversi  colores 

curve,  in  which  when  [although]  a  thousand  different        colour* 

niteant,     tamen       transitus    ipse    fallit       spec-    [66 

may-glitter,        yet      the  transition          itself    deceives  the  view- 

tantia   lumina,    usque  adeo  quod   tangit 

ing  eyes,  until    so-uiuch  [to  such  a  degree]  what       touches 

est         idem ;     tamen         ultima    distant.       Et    illic 

is        the  same;  yet          the  last  differ.  And     there 

lentum    auruui    immittitur  filis,      et        vetua 

the  pliant  gold          is-inUrwoven    to  the  threads,  and  an  ancient 

argumentum     deducitur     in        tela.      Pallas    pingit 

subject  is-drawn-out       in      the  web.          Minerva        painti 

scopulum      Mavortis  in       Cecropia 

|  the  rock  of  Mars  [the  Areopagus]     in     the    Cecropian 

arce,  et      antiquain     litem  de  nomine    [70 

oitadel,  and  the  ancient          contention     concerning  the  name 

terrae.       Bis    sex    coelestes    sedent        augustu 

of  the  land.  Twice     Mix         celestials  sit         with  august 

gravitate     altis  sedibus,  Jove  inedio.         Sua 

gravity  in  high         seats,       Jupiter  (being)  the  middle.         His-own 

facies  inscribit  quemque         deorum.       Imago      Jovia 

face          describe*  each         of  the  godi.          Th«  picture     of  Jupitei 

14 


208  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

est    regalis.         Facit       deum          pelagi     stare    que 

L-  regal.        She  makes    the  god       of  the  sea          to  stand        and 

75]       ferire       adspera  saxa         longo   tridente,  que 

to  strike     the  rough  rocks    with  long  trident,         and 

ferum  exsiluisse         £  medio     vulnere ; 

a  beast  [horse]     to  have-leaped-out    out-of      the   middle  wound ; 

quo     pignore      vindicet         urbem.        At  dat 

by  which      pledge      he  may-claim      the  city.  But      she   give* 

sibi         clypeum,       dat      hastam      acutae  cuspidis; 

tj  herself    a  sh'ijld,  she  gives  a  spear          of  sharp  point; 

dat         galeam  capiti:         pectus     defenditur 

she  gives       a  helmet         to  the  head :          the  breast  is-dcfended 

aegide;  que       simulat       terram   percussam     de 

by  the  »gis;          and     she  feigns       the  earth  struck  from 

80]    sua       cuspide       edere  foetum        canentis 

her-own    spear-point   to  bring-forth   the  product   of  the  hoary 

olivse  cum       baccis,  que       deos     mirari.         Victoria 

olive      with     the  berries,      and  the  gods  to  admire.       The  victory 

finis         operi.     Tamen  ut       semula  laudis 

(is)  the  end     to  the  work.  Yet      that  the  rival       of  (her)  praise 

intelligat          exemplis,  quod  pretium  speret 

may-understand  by  examples,        what    price  [punishment]  she  may-hope 

pro    tarn    furialibus    ausis,       addit    quattuor 

[expect]     for          so  furious          darings,  she  adds  four 

85]    certamina    in     quattuor    pares,    clara 

contests  into  four  parts,       bright  [conspicuous] 

suo         colore,     distincta  brevibus       sigillis. 

with  their-own   colour,         distinguished     with  short  [little]  seals. 

Unus     angulus     babet         Tbre'iciam    Rhodopen,    et 

One  corner  has         the  Thracian  Rhodope,        and 

Hsemon;    nunc    gelidos    montes,    quondam   mortalia 

Haemus ;  now  cold          mountains,  once  mortal 

corpora,  qui  tribuere  sibi  nomina        summorun: 

bodies,         who   attributed  to  themselves  the  names     of  the  highest 

90]    deorum.  Altera   pars    habet 

gods     [Jupiter    and    Juno].  The   other          part  has 

miserabile    fatum  Pygmoeae     matris.       Juno 

the  miserable  fate          of  the  Pygmajan  mother.  Jun» 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  209 

jussit   hanc  victam       certamine     esse     gruem, 

ordered       this  (woman)  overcome    in  contest  to  b«        a  crane, 

que      indicero   bellum      suis     populis.      Et       pingit 

and     to   declare  war        to  her-own  peoples.          And  she   paints 

Antigonen    quondam      ausam  contendere    cum 

Antigone  once  baring-dared       to  contend  with 

consorte      magni  Jovis ;    quam  regia  Juno  vertit 

the  consort          of  great        Jupiter;      whom      royal       Juno       turned 

in        volucrem :     nee     Ilion     profuit      illi,     ve    [95 

into      a  bird :  neither      Ilion         profited     to  her,         or 

pater     Laomedon,       quin       ipsa  Candida 

(her)   father  Laomedon,          but-that      herself      (as)   a   white 

ciconia         sumtis  pennis         plaudat  sibi 

crane          with  taken  [assumed]     wings       she   may-applaud    to  herself 

crepitante  rostro.         Solus  angulus   qui  superest 

with  crackling  beak.         The  only  corner       which       remains 

habet       orbum  Cinyran,  que  is  amplectens       gradus 

has          the  bereft         Cinyras,         and    he       embracing       the  steps 

templi,           membra        suarum     natarum,     que 

of  the  temple,  the  limbs  of  his-own  daughters!,          and 

jacens          saxo  videtur     lacrymare.        Circuit    [ioo 

lying       on  the  stone       seems      to  weep.  She  encircles 

extremas      oras          pacalibus      oleis.          Is    est 

the  extreme  borders  with  peaceful  olive-trees.         That      is 

modus,  que         facit         finem  operis 

the  boundary  [end],         and      she  makes      an  end  of  the  work 

sua  arbore. 

with  her-own  tree. 

Maeonis  designat  Europen  elusam         ima- 

The  Mseonian  [Arachne]    designs         Europa        deluded     by  the  ro- 

gine  tauri,         putares  taurum  verum, 

•emblanca  of  a  bull,     thou  inightest-tiiink    the  bull  true  [real], 

freta    vera.      Ipsa      videtur      spectare       relictas 

ihe  si'iiy  true.          Herself         seems       to  view  the  left 

terras,  et      clauiare  suas  coinites,  que     vereri    [106 

lands,        and  to  call-to  her     run,|i;tnions,  aad  to  fear 

tactum          assilienti.  que      reducere 

Iho  touch         of  the  leaping  wsiti-r,        an<J     to  withdraw       (her) 


210  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

timidas     plantas.         Et        fecit     Asterien       teneri 

fearful  feet.  And     she  made  Astcrie          to  be-held 

luctante   aquila:         fecit    Ledam      recubare   sub 

by  a  struggling         eagle:       she  made         Leda       to  recline          under 

olorinis      alia :  addidit,      ut      Jupiter      celatus 

nwanny  wings:       she  added,  how          Jupiter          concealed 

110]  imagine         Satyri,     imple'rit  pulchra 

in  the  image          of  a  Satyr,         may-have  filled    the  fair 

Nycte'ida  gemino  foetu :  fuerit 

Nycteian  [Antiope]  with  a  double      offspring :  (how)  he  may-have-been 

Amphitryon,    cum      cepit     te,     Tirynthia ; 

Amphitryon,  when  he  took         thee,         Tirynthian       [Alcmena]; 

ut     aureus      luserit  Danae'n  ignis 

how      golden     he  may -hare-deluded  Danae         (how  as)  a  flam* 

luserit  Asopida ;  pastor 

he  may-hare-deluded     the  Asopian  [  JJgina] ;  a  shepherd  (he  deceived) 

Mnemosynen ;    varius      serpens,     Deoida.         Posuit 

Mnemosyne;  a  rariegated       serpent,         Proserpine.      She  placed 

115]     quoque     te,         Neptune,     mutatum  torvo 

also  thee,      0  Neptune,  changed        in  a  grim 

juvenco,    in        JEolia    virgine.  Tu  visus 

bullock,  in     the  JSolian          virgin  [Arne].      Thou     |  being  seen 

Enipeus  gignis         Aloidas;        aries 

[being  changed  into]  Enipeus        begettest    the  Aloidse;       (as)   a   ram 

fallis  Bisaltida.  Et         mitissima 

thou  deoeivest      the  Bisaltian  [Theophtmea].          And     the  most-mild 

mater        frugum  flava  comas,        sensit 

mother        of  fruits  [Ceres],        yellow         (as  to)  hairs,  perceived 

te  equum :        mater  volucris    equi, 

thee  (as)  a  horse:          the  mother     of  the  winged          horse,  [Medusa], 

crinita         colubris,     sensit     te          avem :  Melantho 

haired       with  snakes,  perceived   thee  (as)  a  bird:  Melantho 

12O]    sensit  delphina.         Reddidit     omnibus 

perceived  (thee  as)  a  dolphin.          She  rendered      to  all 

his  que    suam     faciem     que      faciem  locorum 

these  both  their-own  appearance    and  the  appear  an  :e  of  the  places. 

Phoebus    cst    illic        imagine  agrestis,    que    ut 

Phoebus  is       there      In  likeness          of  a  rustic,  and     bow 


LIBER   SEXTUS.  211 

modo       gesserit  pennas         accipitris,    modd 

DOW        be  may-have-borne      the  wings        of  a  hawk,  now 

terga  (pi.)     leonis :  ut        pastor      luserit 

the  back  of  a  lion  :       how  (ai)  a  shepherd  he  may-have-deluded 

Macare'ida    Issen.      Ut     Liber        deceperit        Eri- 

Macareian  Isse.  How     Bacchus     may-have-deceived        En* 

gonen         fals&    uvjt.      Ut    Saturnus 

gone         by  a  false        grape.       How        Saturn          may  have      [125 

crea'rit  geminum  Chirona  equo. 

begotten  the    double     [biformed]  Chiron         from  a  horse. 

Ultima  pars         telae,  circumdata        tenui  limbo, 

The  last  part  of  the  web,         surrounded     with  a  fine          border, 

habet   flores   intertextos        nexilibus   hederis. 

has  flowers        interwoven      with  wreathed  ivies. 

Non    Pallas,    non    Livor      possit       carpere 

Not        Minerva,       not         Envy     may-be-able  to    pluck     [carp-at] 

illud     opus.  Flava  virago  doluit 

that          work.  The  yellow  [beautiful]      heroine  [Pallas]    grieved 

successu;      et     rupit         pictas      vestes,     [130 

at  the   success;  and      broke        the  painted       garments, 

coelestia    crimina.     Quo    ut  tenebat 

(describing)  the  celestial  crimes.  And       as          she  did-hold 

radium          de         Cytoriaco     monte, 

a  ray  [shuttle]      from    the  Cytorian  mountain      (famous   for   its 

percussit  ter  quater  frontem 

box-wood),  ihe  struck        |  thrice  four-times  [many-times]  the   forehead 

Idraonioe   Arachnes.  Infelix,    tulit         non, 

of  the    Idmonian  Arachne.        (She)  unhappy,      bore    (it)         not, 

que    animosa        ligavit          guttura  (pi.)         laqueo. 

Mini          spirited       she  bound        (her)  throat  with  a  noose. 

Pallas        miserata        levavit  pendentem ;     [135 

Miiu-rvtt          baving-pitied         alleviated     (her)  hanging ; 

atque    ita    dixit :      "  Improba,  vive    quidem, 

and  thus        said:  "Wicked         (woman),    live  indeed, 

tamen    pende ;     que    ne        sis         secura         futuri, 

yet  hang  ;  and       lest  thou  mayest-be  secure     of  the  future, 

eadem    lex  poenae         esto    dicta 

the  tame  law  [condition]     of  punishment       be        sai-1  [appointed] 


•J12  OVIDII    METAMOKl'IT. 

tuc     generi     que      seris     nepotibus  (pi-}"       Post 

to  thy  race  and     to  late  posterity."  After 

ea  disccdens,       spargit  succis     Heca- 

these  (things)  departing,        she  sprinkles  (her)    with  juices       of    Heca- 

teidos    herbae,  et    extemplo        comae     tactae 

to.in  herb  [of  wolf-bane],  and      forthwith       the  hairs         touched 

140]  tristi     medicamine     defluxere,  que 

with  the  sad  application  flowed-away  [fell-off],  and 

cum     his     et         naris     et         auris :     que         caput 

with       these    both   the  nose        and      the  ear:  and      the  head 

parvse      quoque  toto      corpore,  fit 

(of  her)  small  also       in  the  whole  body,  becomes 

minimum.     Exiles  digiti  haerent  in       latere  pro 

very  small.  Slender      fingers      adhere       on  the  side  foi 

cruribus.          Venter  habet  catera :  de 

legs.  The  bully  has  [occupies]  the  other        (parts) :  from 

quo    ilia    remittit      stamen,    et          aranea    exercet 

which     she       lets-down     a  thread,          and  (as)  a  spider          exercise* 

145]  antiquas     telas. 

[spins]  (her)  ancient  webs. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  VI.  146—312.) 

DE  NIOBE. 

CONCERNING      NIOBE. 

Tota    Ljdia    fremit,     que         rumor  facti 

The  whole       Lydia       resounds,       and      the  report        of  the  deeJ 

it  per  oppida       Phrygiae,     et     occupat 

through  the  towns          of  Phrygia,  and         occupies 

magnum  orbern         sermonibus.     Niobe  cognoverat 

the  great  globe       with  discourses.  Niobe          bad-known 

illam  ante   suos       thalarnos,  turn 

her  [Araehne]      before       her         bridal-chambers  [marriage],  then 

cum     virgo       colebat  Maeoniam    que    Sipy- 

when    a  virgin    she  did-cultirate  [inhabit]  Maeonia  and         Sipy- 

lum.     Nec    tamen,         admonita-est  pcen& 

lus.  Nor       however,  VMS- che  admonished      by  the  punishment 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  213 

Arachnes         popularis,  cedere  [5 

>f  Arachne    |  belonging-to-her-country  [her  countrywoman],  to  yield 

coelitibus,    que      uti   minoribus  verbis 

•'i  the  celestials,  and     to  use  less          (presumptuous)      words. 

Malta         dabant  animos.     Enim 

Many  ( things)  did-give  [contributed  to  augment]  (her)  spirits  [pride].    For 

sed    nee          artes          conjugis,     nee         genus 

bat     neither    the  arts     of  (her)  husband,          nor      the  birth  [descent] 

amborum,   que      potentia      magni     regni,   sic 

of  (tbetn)  both,  and  the  power        of  a  great        kingdom,     so 

placuere     illi,  (quamvis  cuncta  ea  placebant,) 

pleased        to  her,      (although         all        those  (things)  did  please,) 

ut      sua      progenies:     et     Niobe  dicta-foret 

as          her  offspring:         and       Niobe         might-have-been-called 

felicissiraa         matrum,      si       visa-fuisset  [io 

the  most- happy  of  mothers,  if    she  might-have-seemed 

non      sibi.     Nam    Manto,    sata         Tiresia,   prae- 

(to)  not       to  herself.     For         Manto,       sprung  from  Tiresias,          fore- 

scia  venturi,  concita  divino 

knowing    of  (the  thing)  about-to-come,  excited  by  a  divine 

motu,         vaticinata-fuerat      per  medias     vias : 

movement,  bad-prophesied  through         the  middle          ways: 

"  Ismenides,     ite   frequentes  et    date    thura 

"Theban-women,      go          frequent  [in  numbers]  and      give     incenses 

Latonse  que         duobus  Latonigenis  [15 

i"  L:aona        and  to  the  two  Latona-born  [Apollo  and  Diana] 

cum   pia   prece,    que    innectite        crinem          lauro. 

with      pious     prayer,      and  bind  the  hair  with    laurel. 

Latona     jubet          meo     ore."      Paretur;    et  omnes 

i        Commands      by  my       mouth."       luis-obeyed;    and  all 

Thebaides       ornant     sua     tempora  jussis 

the  Tbeban-women        adorn         their        temples     with  the  commanded 

frondibus,     que     dant     thura     et     precantia     verba 

boughs,  and         give        incenses     and         praying  wrl- 

sanctis  flammis.      Ecce   Niobe  venit  celcberrima 

U>  the  sacred         flames.  Ik-hold      Niobe      comes      most-attended 

turbS,        comitum.       .spcctabilis         'I'hrjgiis    [20 

by  a    crowd        of  companion.'.  rcm.a:'.  n 


214  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

vestibus          intexto        auro,    et    Formosa,    quantum 

garments       with  interwoven        gold,       and     beautiful,         w-much-ai 

ira     sinit ;  que  rnovens         capillos,    immissos         per 

anger  allows;     and      moving     (her)  lock?,  hanging-down    through 

utrumque      humerum     cum          decoro      capite, 

over]  each  shoulder          with     (her)  graceful  head, 

constitit;    que   ut   alta       circumtulit         superbos 

•he  stood;  and    when  lofty  she  bore-around      (her)  proud 

oculos,       inquit :    •*  Quis   furor       praeponere   auditos 

eyes,          she  aaid :  "  What     madness  to  prefer  heard-of 

25]    coelestes       visis !  aut  cur  Latona         colitur 

celestials         to  seen     (gods) !    or    why     Latona      is-worshipped 

per         aras  ?     Adhuc  meum  numen  eat   sine    thure. 

through       altars  ?        As-yet          my         divinity      la     without  incense. 

Tantalus  auctor  mihi,         cui      soli 

Tantalus          (is)  the  author  [father]  to  me,  to  whom  alone 

licuit  tangere         mensas  Superorum 

it  was-allowed          to  touch  the  tables  of  the  Gods. 

Soror          Ple'iadum  est  genitri      mihi;  maxi- 

A  sister      of  the  Pleiades  [Taygeta]    is       mother      to  me;  very- 

mus  Atlas  est         avus  qui  fert       oetherium 

great    Atlas      is        grand-father    (to  me),  who    bears  the  ethereal 

30]    axem     cervicibus.     Jupiter  alter  avus 

axle       on  necks.  Jupiter    (is)  the  other      grandfather 

Quoque     glorior     illo  socero. 

[my  father's  father].         Also        I  boast        in  him  (as)  a  father-in-law. 

Phrygiae    gentes  metuunt  me;        regia        Cadmi 

The  Phrygian          nations          fear  me;      the  palace       of  Cadmus 

est   sub   me       domina ;  que       moenia  commissa 

is       under     me  (as)  mistress;       and  the  walla  composed    [built] 

fidibus  (pi.)     mei  mariti  cum       populis  reguntur 

by  the  lyre  of  my      husband    with  the  peoples  are-ruled 

que  a  me  que  riro.         In  quatncunque  partem 

both   by    me     and  by  (my)  husband.     Into          whatever  par* 

35]  domfis     adverto        lumina,    immensae    opes 

of  the  house       I  turn  the  eye-,  immense        rithe* 

spcctantur.  Accedit  codoni  facies 

»re-tiebeld.  There  comet-in-«ddi(ino         to-the-s»iu»        a  face 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  215 

ligna         doa.          Adjice    hue  septcra        nataa 

rorthy     of  a  goddess.  Add         hither  [to  this]  seveu  daughters 

et    totidera    juvenes,    et       mox      que    generos    que 

and     as-many          youths,         and     by-and-by    both     sons-in  law      -11111 

nurus.  Quaerite   nunc    quara    caussam    nostra 

il:iughtcrs-in-law.  Seek  now         what  cause  our 

superbia  habeat:     Audete     praeferre     mihi   Titanida 

(•ride  may-have:       Dare-ye   to  prefer          to  me  Titanian 

Latonam,  satam  nescio  quo  Cseo  ?        cui    [40 

lj.it  m;v,  sprung  (from)  I  know-not  what    Caeus?     to  whom 

ijuoudam          parituras  maxima    terra   negavit 

•iii.-o  about-to-bring-forth      the  very-great      earth  denied 

exiguam    sedem.  Nee    vestra      dea      re- 

a  small  seat  [settlement].  Nor          your        goddess  was- 

cepta-est       coelo,      nee  humo,    nee  aquis. 

received  in  heaven,       nor    on  the  ground,       nor      on  the  waters. 

Erat         exul  mundi,     donee     Delos, 

She  was  banished       of  [from]  the  world,  until  Delos, 

miserata         vagantem,    dixit :       '  Tu          erraa 

having   pitied  (her)  wandering,          said:  'Thou       wanderest 

hospita  in       terris,  ego  in       undis,'  que  dedit    [45 

a  stranger      in  the  earths,         I       in  the  waters/      and       gave 

instabilem    locum.        Ilia  facta       parens 

(her)  an    unsteady  place.  She       (was)  m:ide        a  parent 

duorum :    haec    est       septima   pars      nostri   uteri. 

of  two:  this         is     the  seventh          part     of  our  womb. 

Sum  felix :  enim  quis     neget    hoc  ?     Que       manebo 

I  am         happy :      for       who     may-deny    this  ?        And    I  shall-remain 

felix :    quoque   quis    dubitet    hoc  ?     Copia    fecit   me 

happy:          also          who      may-doubt      this?         Plenty  has-made   me 

tutam.         Sum    major    quam  cui       Fortuna 

•afe.  I  am          greater        than          (one)  to  whom          Fortune 

possit          nocere ;  que  ut  eripiat    [50 

may-he-able  to  hurt-          and  as  [although]  she  may-snatch-away 

multa  relinquet      multo  plura     mihi.       Jam 

many     (ihingi)  she  will-leave      by  much         moru     to  me.          Already 

mea  bona     excess£re     metum.     Fingite  aliquid 

•y       guilds      have-surpassed         fear.  Feign  [tappose]  something 


216  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

posse        demi  huic     populo  meorura 

to  be-able      to  be-taken  from  this  people    [number]    of  my 

natorum ;    tamen  spoliata  non    redigar    ad 

children ;  yet        being  despoiled  I  'shall  not      'be-reduced      to 

55]         numerum          duorum.     [Quantam       distabat 

the  number  of  two.  [How  diflferent-is-it 

ab         orba     turba      Latonae !  ]      Ite  sacris, 

from   the  childless    train     of  Latona !  ]  Go      from  the  sacrifices, 

properate  sacris,    que   ponite       laurum 

hasten  from  the  sacrifices,     and      place      the  laurel      from  (your) 

capillis.  Deponunt,  et  relinquunt         sacra 

locks.  They  'place  (it)  'down,  and         leave         the  sacrifices 

infecta,    que     quod       licet,       venerantur         numen 

unfinished,     and         what       la-permitted,         worship  the   divinity 

Latonse         tacito    murmure.  Dea      indignata- 

of  Latonae         with  silent  murmur.  The  goddess          was-indig- 

est,    que    locuta-est    cum  gemina       prole        in 

riant,      and  spoke  with      (her)  double  offspring          in 

60]         summo    vertice         Cynthi        talibus    dictis: 

the  highest  top  of  Cynthus         in  such  sayings : 

"En    ego,    vestra    parens,    animosa          vobis  (abl.) 

"Lo  I,  your  parent,          spirited  [proud]      you 

creatis,         et       cessura  nulli          dearum,     nisi 

being-created,     and     ubout-to-yield     to   no-one  of  the  goddesses,    unless 

Junoni,       dubitor,         an          sim        dea:           que 

to  Juno,  ain-doubted,      whether     I   may-be  a  goddess :  and 

arceor          cultis         aris     per     omnia  saecula,    nisi 

I  atn-driven  from  worshipped   altars   through       all  ages,       unless 

vos,    0      nati      succurritis.  Nee       hie       solus 

you,        0      children,  aid  (me).       Nor   (iti  this  the  cnly 

dolor.      Tantalis  adjecit    convicia  diro 

grief.  Tantali.in  [Xiobe]      has-added     reproaches     to  the  dread!-: 

85]    facto,    que    ausa-est      postponere    vos  suis 

deed,  and        has-dared  |  to  place-after  you     to-her-ow,: 

natis ;     et    dixit    me 

[to  esteem  you  less  than  her  own]  children;    and  has-said   me     (to  bej 

orbam    (quod      recidat      in      ipsam) :    et    scelerata 

(which         may-it-fall     upon       herself),      and  wicked 


LIBER   SEXTUS.  21* 

exhibuit  paternam   linguam." 

•be  bus-shown    |  (her)   paternal  tongue    [a  tongue  like  that  o*  he*- 

Latona    erat   adjectura    precea         his 

father  Tantalus]."         Latona       was      about-to-add      prayers     to  these 

relatis :     "  Desine     querelas,"      Phoebus     ait. 

(things)  related :  "  Cease  complaints,"  Phoebus        says. 

"  Longa  mora     poenae."  Phoebe  dixit    [70 

"(It  is)  a  long  delay  of  punishments."  Diana          said 

idem,  que   tecti  nubibus      contige- 

the  same     (thing),  and     covered  [concealed]  by  clouds      they          bad- 
rant  Cadmeida  arcera  celeri       lapsu 

reached     the   Cadmeian  [Theban]         citadel      with   swift  gliding 

per  aera.  Erat      planus      campus,      que 

through     the  air.  There   was       a    level  plain,  and 

patens      late    prope        moenia,    pulsatus        assiduis 

extending     widely       near       the   walls,  beaten  by    continual 

equis ;    ubi      turba        rotarum   que        dura    ungula 

li'irses;       where  a  crowd         of  wheels          and      the  hard  hoof 

mollierant        glebas    subjectas.       Ibi    pars    de    [75 

had-softened      the  clods  placed-under.       There     part    from 

septem  genitis     Amphione  conscendunt  in       fortes 

the  seven          begotten  by  Amphion  mount        upon  the  strong 

equos,  que  premunt       terga  rubentia         Tyrio 

horses,      and          press         the  backs  [trappings]      red          with  Tyrian 

fuco ;    que    moderantur        habenas    graves          auro. 

dye;          and  guide  the  reins  heavy         with     gold. 

1C        quibus   Ismenos,  qui    quondam   fuerat       prima 

Out-of      whom          Isiuenus,       who  once          bad-been  the  first 

sarcina      suae    matri,    dum        flectit        quadrupedce 

burden         to  his        mother,      while      he   bends       the  quadruped 

cursus   in      certura   orbem   que   coercet        spu-    [80 

courses     into     a   certain          circle         and      restrains     the  foam- 

mantia   ora:    "Hei      mini!"      conclamat ;  que  fixus 

iug  mouths:     "Alas     to  me ! "         he  cries-out;  and  pierced 

in         medio    pectore    gerit       tela;       que         frenis 

in      the   middle          breast.         bi'jir.s         weapons;       and         the    reins 

remissis         moriente  manu      defluit 

toing  loosed          from    dying  hand     he   flows-down     [falls-down] 


218  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

paulatim      a  dextro     arrao  in 

by  degrees  from       the   right          shoulder   (of  the   bjrse)      upon 

latus.       Proximus,  Sipylus,      sonitu         pharetrne 

(his)  side.       The  next,  Sipylus,     the  sound     of  the  quiver 

85]    audito          per      inane,  dabat     frena ; 

being-heard     through      empty    (space),  did-give         reins  [fled]1 

veluti   cum     rector         praescius         imbris  fugit 

as  when    a  ruler  [pilot]    foreknowing     of  a  shower  [storm]     flees 

nube        visa",         que      undique      deducit 

a  cloud        being-seen,         and         on-all-sides        draws-out       [unfurls] 

pendentia    carbasa,    ne  qua  levis    aura 

the  hanging  sails,  lest     by-any-means     the  slight    breeze 

effluat.  Tamen         telum     non     evitabile     con- 

tnight-escape.      Nevertheless     the  dart  not          avoidable  tbl- 

sequitur  dantem       frena,  que       sagitta  tremens 

Iowa  (him)      giving      the   reins,      and     the   arrow         trembling 

90]    hsesit  summa"  cervice,    et       nudum 

adhered     on  the  highest  [top  of  the]  neck,  and  the  naked 

ferrum     exstabat       de          gutture.       Ille,     pronus 

iron  did-stand-out      from      the   throat.  He,  inclined 

ut       erat,  volvitur  per       admissa   colla  que 

(forward)     as    he   was,         ia-rolled     over     the  speeded        necks      and 

jubas;     et    foedat        tellurem          calido     sanguine. 

mimes;          and     stains      the   earth  with    warm  blood. 

Infelix  Phcedimus  et  Tantalus,      hseres        nominis 

The  unhappy      Phoedimus     and     Tantalus,     the  heir       of  the  name 

aviti,  ut          imposuSre         finem 

belonging-to-his-grandfather,  when   they  placed  an   end 

951  solito        labori,    transierant   ad      juvenile 

to  the  accustomed     labour,         bud-gone-over      to  the  youthful 

opus          nitidse     palaestrae;     et      jam  contu- 

work     of  the  neat  wrestling-place;   and     already  they  had-brought- 

lerant  pectora  luctantia         pectoribus      arcto    nexu ; 

together    breasts      struggling     with    breasts  in    close      embrace ; 

cftm       sagitta   concita  tento       cornu 

when     the   arrow  urged  [shot]    from  the  stretched       horn     [bow] 

trajecit  utrumque,  juncti  sicut       erant.         Ingemuere 

pierced  each,  joined        at     they  were.      They  groaned 


LIBER   SEXTUfl.  219 

•imul,      simul  posuere  solo  membra 

together;      together         they   placed         on  the  soil    (their)   limbs 

incurvata      dolore ;  simul  jacentes       vers&runt    [ioo 

curved  by  pain ;          together       lying       they  rolled 

suprema  lumina,           simul          cxhalarunt 

(their)   last   [dying]  lights    [eyes],      together     they   expired 

animam.       Alphenor     adspicit,    que     plangens 

(their)   life.  Alphenor  perceives,         and  beating 

laniata     pectora,         advolat          ut  allevet 

vhie)   torn  breasts,         he   flies -to      (them)  that     he    may -lift-up 

gelidos  artus         complexibus ;  que  cadit          pio 

(their)  cold  limbs     with  embraces;  and     falls  in  the  pious 

officio :    nam   Delius  rumpit        intima 

[affectionate]  duty :  for        Delian  [Apollo]      breaks       the    inmost 

praecordia     illi         fatifero  ferro.     Quod     simul    [105 

vitals  to  him  with  the  fatal         iron.          Which  as-soon-as 

eductum,    pars         pulmonis     eruta-est     in       hamis ; 

drawn-out,        part  of  the  lungs  was-torn-out     in  the  hooks 

que       cruor     effusus-est    in    auras  (pi.}    cum 

[barbs] ;  and    the  gore        was-poured -forth  into        air  wiih 

anima.     At   non     simplex   vulnus   afficit       intonsum 

life.  But      not    a   simple  wound       affects     the   unshorn 

Damasichthona.  Ictus-erat       qua       crus   incipit 

Damasichthon.  He    Lad-been-struck      where  the  leg  begins 

esse,  et   qua      nervosus  poples  facit  mollia          [no 

to  be,       and  where  the  sinewy  knee      makes  soft  [pliant] 

internodia.     Que  dum      tentat      trahere       exitiabile 

joints.  And      while  he  tries          to  draw          the    destructive 

telum  manu,    altera   sagitta   acta-est      tenus 

dart          with  (his)  hand,         another       arrow       was-driven     as-far-as 

pennis      per           jugulum.  Sanguis      expulit 

the  feathers      through     the  throat.  The  blood  thrust-out 

hanc,  que     ejaculatus     se      in  altum,  emicat 

this,          and      having-darted    itself  |  into   high  [on  high],  bounds- forth 

et          prosilit  aura     terebrata    longe.     [115 

and         leaps-forward         in  the  air  pierced  afar. 

Ilioneus  ultimus  sustulerat        brachia  non     prolcctura 

llioneui  last          bad-raised     (hit)  arms  not      abuut  -to-prou', 


22C  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

precando,  que  dixerat :       "0       omiic.s  communiter 

oy  praying,  and     bad-said :     "  0  gods  ull  commonly 

ignarus  non   oinnes  esse 

[in -common]  ignorant  [not  knowing]  (that)  not          all      (ought)  to  be 

rogandos,         parcite."  Arcitenens  erat 

te-be-entreated,  spare."  The  Bow-po.-sessing   [Apoilo}       was 

motus  cum  jam         telum  fuit  non  revocabile : 

moved  [affected]  when    already  the  dart          was       not  recallable: 

120]     tamen  ille  occidit  ininimo  vulnere,       corde 

but  he        fell      with  the  least  wound,      the   heart 

percusso       non  alta     sagitta. 

being-struck        not       with    deep          arrow. 

Fama  mail,    que       dolor  populi,    que 

The  report      of  the  evil,          and     the  grief      of  the  people,  and 

lacrymae         suorum,  fecere       matrem  certain 

fce  tears  of  her  own        (friends),    made     the    mother  certain 

tam-subitae    ruinae.    mirantcm  potuisse, 

of  eo-sudden  ruin,  wondering    (the  gods)  to  have-been-able, 

que    irascentem,    quod         Superi      ausi-essent     hoc, 

and       being-angry,       because     the  Gods  uiight-have-dared      this, 

125]     quod         haberent  tantum   juris.     Nam      pater 

because  they  might-have   so-much  of  right.          For    the  father 

Amphion     moriens     finierat     dolorem     pariter     cum 

Amphion  dying,  bad-ended  grief  together        with 

luce,  ferro  adacto      per          pectus. 

the  light  [life],       an    iron     (sword)  being-thrust  through     the  breast. 

Heu,    quantum   base   Niobe    distabat   ab    ilia   Niobe, 

Alas,        how-much       this       Niobe       did-differ     from    that        Niobe, 

quae    modo  submoverat       populum         Latois       aris, 

who     just-now     bad-removed     the    people          from    Latonian      altars, 

et   resupina         tulerat         gressus     per  mediam 

and       lofty  [proud]     had-borne  (her)  steps          through       the  middle 

130]    urbem,      invidiosa         suis ;  at     nunc 

city,  exciting-envy      to    ber-cwn  (friends);  but  now 

miseranda  vel  hosti !         Incumbit         gelidia 

to  be-pitied          even  to  [by]  an  enemy  !     She  lies-on          to  the  cold 

corporibus,  et  dispensat  suprema  oscula     per 

bodies,  and     distributes  last  kisses     through  [among] 


LIBER    SKXTUS.  '2J1 

omnes         natos      nullo    ordine.      A  quibus  tendons 

all  (he')  sons         in  no          regularity.     From     whom     stretching 

liventia   brachia   ad   coelum,       dixit:     "Pascere, 

(her)  livid  arms          to        heaven,     she   said:  "Be-fed, 

crudelis    Latonse,      nostro  dolore ;    [pascere,"       ait ; 

cruel  Latona,       on    our  grief;  [be-fed,"       she  says; 

"que   satia   tua   pectora         meo   luctu;]    que    [135 

"and       satiate     thy         }itva-ts     with    my      mourning;]    and 

satia         ferum  cor.       Per     septem  funera       efferor: 

satiate  (thy)  fierce       heart      Through       seven       deaths     I  arn-carried- 

exulta ;  que       victrix  inimica  triumpha. 

out  (to  be-buried) :  exult.-         and  (as)  a  victorious     enemy  triumph. 

Autem    cur    victrix  ?      Plura  supersunt       mihi 

But  why      victorious  ?         More     (things)     survive  to       me 

miserae   quam      tibi   felici.      Quoque         post         tot 

wretched         than     to  thee      happy.  Also  [even]     after    so-many 

funera   vinco."  Dixerat;      nervus  insonuit    [140 

deaths      I  conquer."     She  had-said;     the  bow-string     sounded 

ab         contento    arcu,  qui    conterruit    omnes,   prseter 

from  the  stretched          bow,     which      frightened  all,  except 

Nioben  unam.  Ilia  est  audax     malo.        Sorores 

Niobe  one  [alone].         She     is         bold     by  evil.       The  sisters 

stabant   cum   atris    vestibus  ante       toros         fratrum 

(lid-stand       with      black      garments     before  the  beds     of  the   brothers 

demisso  crine.     Una     e1     quibus,  trahens          tela 

with  let-down        hair.          One     out-of    whom,       drawing  the  weapons 

hserentia           viscere  (siny.\  moribunda,    relan-     [145 

sticking          in  the  bowels,  dying,  grew- 

guit         ore      imposito  fratri.      Altera 

faint     with  mouth      placed-on    to    (her)    brother.         Another        having 

'onata  solari       miseram  parentem,  subito  con- 

ti-lcavoured      to   console  the  wretched  parent,         suddenly       be- 

ticuit,         que     duplicata-est        caeco  vulnere. 

caiue-silent,       and  was-doubled         by  a  blind  [hidden]  wound. 

[Que    pressit   non         ora,     nisi  postquam       spiritus 

[And       repressed     not     (her;  mouths,  unless    after-that     the  breath 

exit.]         Haec  fugiens   frustra1,  collabitur ;  ilia 

goes-out.]          This    (sister)      fleeing         in-vain,  falls ;  that 


•222  OVIDII    METAMOKPH. 

150]          immoritur  sorori:  haec          latet; 

(one)  dies  'to  [on]  (her)  'sister:         this  (one)  lies-hid; 

videres       illam  trepidare.     Que  sex       datis 

them  mightest  see     that    (sister)  to  tremble.  And    six  being-givec 

letc,    que         passis         diversa    vulnera,        ultima 

to  death,      and      having-suffered      different        wounds,      the   last 

restabat,  quam       mater  tegens  toto  corpore 

did-remain,      whom    the  mother    covering   over  (her)  whole  body 

tota1   veste,    clamavit:     "Relinque  unam, 

with  whole  garment,     cried-out :  "  Leave        the   (only)   one, 

que       minimam ;     posco       minimarn  que  unam 

and     the  least;  I  ask        the   least  and  the  (only)  one 

155]    de       multis."     Que  dum       rogat,         pro  qua" 

out-of      many."          And      while  she  asks,       (she)  for    whom 

rogat,  occidit.     Orba       resedit  inter         examines 

she  asks,  fell.  Bereft  she  sat-down    among  (her)  lifeless 

natos,     que      natas,      que      virum :     que       diriguit 

sons,  and       daughters,       and        husband :       and  she  grew-stiff 

malis.  Aura  movet  nullos  capillos.     In 

with  evils  [misfortunes].     The  air        moves  no  locks.  In 

vultu  est     color   sine    sanguine :         lumina 

(her)  countenance  there-is   colour    without       blood:  (her)       lights 

stant    immota  moestis    genis :    est     nihil 

[eye»]  stand       unmoved       in  (her)  sad  cheeks :  there-is  nothing 

160]  vivum  in          imagine.      Quoque 

(like-to)  a  live        (person)  in     (her)  likeness.  Also 

lingua  ipsa  interims     congelat     cum      duro  palato, 

'.he  tongue     itself      within      freezes-together   with    the  hard       palate, 

et          venae    desistunt        posse        moveri.  Nee 

and     the  veins  cease  to  be-able     to  be-moved.          Neither 

cervix  potest    flecti,  nee    brachia     reddere 

the  neck          is-able  to  be-bent,  nor  the  arms          to    render     [perform] 

gestus,    nee        pes      ire.     Quoque    saxum   est   intra 

gestures,       nor     the  foot     to  go.  Also  stone          is       withiu 

viscera.     Tamen      flet,    et      circumdata  tur- 

the  bowels.  Yet      she  weep?,  and     being-surrounded  by  a  whirl- 

165]    bine      validi    venti          rapta-est 

wind     of  strong        wind       she  was-snatched      [hurried -a way] 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  2l!.'} 

in  patriam :     ubi    fixa  cacumine  montia 

into  (her)  country:  there     fixed  on  the  summit          of  a  mountain 

liquitur,  ct  etiamnum     marmora   manant   lacrimis. 

•he  is-melted,    and    even-yet    the  marbles  distil  tears. 


FAB    III.     (Metam.  Lib.  VI.  412—676.) 

FROCN-E,      PHILOMELA,      TEREUS,      ET     ITY8,  IN 

rROCtiE,       PHILOMELA,        TEREUS,     AND    ITTS,  (CHANGED)  INTO 

AVES. 
BIRDS. 

Finitimi         proceres  coe'unt :  que       propinquae 

The   neighbouring  chiefs         assemble:      and    the   near 

urbes    oravere    suos    reges      ire    ad      solatia,     que 

rities  begged       their        kings     to  go         to       consolations,      and 

Argos,    et    Sparte,    que    Pelopeiades     Mycenae,    et 

Argos,          and       .^psii'te,          ami  Pelopian  Mycenae,       and 

Calydon,  nondum  in  visa      torvse  Dianae,  que       ferox 

Calydon,  nut-yet       hateful     to  stern          Diana,       and     the    fierce 

Orchomenos,    et    Corinthos   nobilis  aere,      [5 

Orchumeno^,  and         Corinth          noble  [famous]    in  brass, 

que  ferax  Messene,  que  Patrse,  que  humiles  Oleonae, 

and      fruitful     Messone,         and      Patrae,      and       bumble  Cleonae, 

et    Nelea    Pylos,    que    Troezen,    ne   adhuc   Pittheia, 

and     Nelean       Pylos,        and         Troszeu,       not      as-yet          Pittheian, 

que        alise    urbes    quae     clauduntur     ab        Isthmo 

and      the  other       cities       which        are-enclosed       from    the    Isthmus 

bimari,  que     sitae      exterius     spectantur     ab 

between-two-seas,        and      situated        without  ure-viewed       from 

Isthtno        bimari.  Quis      possit          credere  ? 

he  Isthmus      between-two-seas.         Who     may-be-able      to   believe? 

cessatis         solas     Athenae !  (pi-)     Bellum  ob-    [io 

you  cease  [loiter]      alone     0  Athens !  War        op- 

stitit       officio,    que    barbara  agmina    subvecta 

;. iiged     to    duty,  and       barbarian  [foreign]     troops  carried 

ponto     terrebant         Mopsopios  muros. 

in  the  sea  did- frighten       the    Mopgopian  [Athenian] 

15 


224  OVID1I   METAMOKPH. 

Threicius  Tereus   fuderat  hsec         auxiliaribus 

Thracian  Tereus     had-poured  [routed]    these  with  auxiliary 

armis,    et    habebat     clarum  nomen      vincendo. 

arms,         and     did-have     a  bright  [famous]         name        by  conquering. 

15]    Quern  potentem      opibus  (pi.}  que      viris, 

Whom      (being)  powerful          in  wealth  and      in    men, 

et    ducentum  genus      forte        a      magno 

and        drawing    [deriving]  (his)  race  by-chance     from  great 

Gradivo,     Pandion     junxit         sibi  connubio 

Mars,  Pandion  joined       to   himself      by  the  marriage 

Procnes.      Non    pronuba    Juno,    non    Hymenseus, 

of  Procne.  Not        bride-maid       Juno,         not  Hymenseus, 

non       Gratia   adest        illi  lecto  Eumenides 

not      the  Grace      is-present  to  that  bed  [wedding].     The  Furies 

tenu£re    faces    raptas     de      funere.  Eumenides 

held  torches    snatched    from     a  funeral.        The   Furies 

stravere         toruin ;     que         profanus  bubo 

strewed          the  bed;  and       the  profane     [ill-boding]  owl 

20]    incubuit  tecto,     que     sedit     in         culmine 

brooded-on  to  the  roof,  and          sat          on      the    summit 

thalami.           Procne  que  Tereus      conjuncti-sunt 

of  the  bridal-chamber.      Procne      and      Tereus        were-joined-together 

ha~c  ave :  facti-sunt  parentes         h&c  ave. 

with  this     bird  [augury] :  they  were-made         parents      with  this      bird 

Scilicet  Thracia  gratata-est  illis  ;  que         ipsi 

[augury].         Truly         Thrace      congratulated     them;     and  themselves 

eg6re  grates          dis ;  que        jussere      diem     vocari 

acted       thanks  to  the  gods;     and     they  ordered     the  day    to  be-calleil 

festam,  que     qua  nata         claro          Pandione 

festival,       both  in  which  (Procne)  born     from  illustrious  Pandiou 

25]    data-est          tyranno,    que     qua    Itys 

was-given     to  the  tyrant,  and  in  which     Itys      (their  son) 

ortus-erat.      Usque    adeo  utilitas  latet ! 

bad-sprung.  |  Until         thus  [so  much]      utility         lies-ccncealed ! 

Jam         Titan    duxerat       tempora          repetiti    anni 

Already  the  Sun  had-led      the  times  of  the  repeated          year 

per       quinque   autumnos,    cum   Procne          blandita 

through          five  autumns,          when       Procne        having-caresspJ 


LIBER   SEXTUS.  225 

viro         dixit :     "•  Si   mea   gratia    est    ulla,    [30 

.her)    husband        said:  "If       my        favour        is         any, 

vel      mittc    me  sorori     visendae,      vel         soror 

?ither       send         me  to  (iny)  sister        to-be-visited,       or      (my)   sister 

veniat  hue.  Promittes  socero 

may-come  [let  her  come]     hither.     Thou  shalt-promise  to  (thy)  father- 

redituram          parvo   tempore.  Dabia 

in -law  (her)  about-to-return  in  a  little  time.  Thou   wilt-give 

mihi        vidisse        germanam         instar  magni 

to  me         to   have-seen      a  sister  the   likeness      of  a  great 

numinis."     Hie  jubet      carinas    deduci       in       freta, 

divinity."  He      orders  the  keels        to  be-led-down  into  the  straits, 

que    intrat       Cecropios  portus  velo     et 

and        enters     the  Cecropian  [Athenian]      harbours       with  sail       and 

remige,    que    tangit        Piraea    littora.       Ut    [35 

with  rower,          and       touches     the  Piraean         shores.         When 

primum    copia  soceri          data- (est) 

first  plenty  [leave  of  access]  of  the  father-in-law         was-given 

que  dextra          jungitur      dextrae,  sermo     com- 

and       right     (hand)     is-joined      to  right        (hand),  discourse   is-coui- 

mittitur         infausto      omine.  Coeperat      referre 

menced       with   unpropitious       omen.  He   bad-begun     to  relate 

caussam  adventus,       mandata  conjugis, 

the  car.se          of  (his)  arrival,  the  commands     of  (his)  wife, 

et       spondere    celeres    recursus  missae ;      ecce 

and     to  promise  quick  returns     of  (her)  sent;  behold 

Philomela,   dives         magno  paratu,  divitior      forma, 

Philomela,  rich      with  great          equipage,       richer       in    beauty, 

venit ;    quales       solemus      audire       Naidas     et    [40 

comes;        such-as     we  are-wont      to  hear        the  Naiads       and 

Dryades        incedere  mediis-silvis,        si      mod  6 

Dryads  to   proceed  in  the  mid-woods,  if  only 

des  illis     cultus     que   similes  paratus. 

thou   mayest-give          to   them  decorations     and        like          equipages. 

Virgine    conspecta,     Tereus    exarsit,    non     secus 

The  virgin  being-beheld,         Tereua         took-flre,        not    otherwise 

quam    si      quis         supponat      igncm      canis 

than  if      any-one      niay-place-under        fire-          to  hoary     [white] 


226  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

45]    aristis,       aut  frondem,         quo  cremet       herbas 

ears-of-corn,     or        foliage  [fodder],  and    may-burr,  the  herbs 

positas        foenilibus.     .     .     .      Est        impetus     illi, 

placed          in   hay-lofts.  .       .       .      There-is  an  impulse       to  him, 

50]        corrumpere  curam  comitum,    que 

tz   corrupt     [bribe]          the  care        of  (her)  companions,      and 

fidem  nutricis,    nec-non      sollicitare 

the  fidelity  of  (her)  nurse,  also          to  solicit  (Philomela) 

ipsam         ingentibus  datis,  quo     impendcrc         totum 

herself    with  great  gifts,      and  to  expend  (his)  whole 

regnum,  aut     rapere  et     defendere         raptam     saevo 

kingdom,       or    to  seize       and  to  defend  (her)  seized      by  cruel 

bello.     Et     est     nihil,    quod  captus         eflFreno 

war.          And  there-is  nothing,     which  (being)    taken       with  nabridlea 

amore      ausit    non ;     nee  pectora    capiunt 

Jove          he  dared         not;         nor  (do  his)  breasts  take    [contain] 

55]         inclusas    flammas.      Que     jam         fert    male 

the  enclosed  flames.  And      already    he  bears  ill 

moras,   que   revertitur         cupido    ore   ad       mandata 

delays,         and         returns  with  eager       mouth     to    the   commands 

Procnes,     et     agit     sua      vota     sub     illis.     Amor 

of  Procne,  and      acts     bis-own      wishes     under     them.  Love 

faciebat         facundum  ;  que  quoties     rogabat  ulterius 

ilid-make  (him)  eloquent;  and    as-often-as  he  did-ask  farther 

justo      ferebat          Procnen        velle    ita.       Et 

(than)  just      he    did-bear  [say]         Procne          to  wish         so.  And 

addidit  lacrimas,  tanquam       mandasset  et 

he  added  tears,  as-if        she  might-have-commanded   also 

60]    illas.       Pro    Superi,     quantum         caecse     noctis 

them.  0  Gods,  how-much        of  blind  night 

mortalia    pectora    habent !      Tereus    creditur      esse 

mortal  breasts  have !  Tereus         is-believed    to  be 

pius  molimine     ipso      sceleris,        quo 

pious  [affectionate]    in  the  attempt  itself    of  wickedness,         an.i 

sumit   laudem     &       crimine.     Quid  quod 

takes  praise        from  a  crime.  What  [why]  (shall  I  say)   thai 

Philomela   cupit       idem  ?  que   blanda  tenens   patrod 

Philomela          desires  the  same?       and     caressing     holding       paternal 


LIBER    SEX.TUS.  227 

humeros,  lacertis  petit        usque    [65 

[her  father's]  shoulders,     with  (her)  arms          Fecks     continually 

per        suam    que    contra   suam  salutem,  ut  eat 

through    her-own     and       against    her-own       safety,      that  she  may-go 

visura  sororem.       .      .       .  Genitor    [70 

about-to-see     (her)  sister.  .         . '       .         The  father 

vincitur  prece      ambarum.      Ilia    gaudet,    que 

is-conquered  by  the  prayer  of  both.  She        rejoices,         and 

agit    grates  patri;     et  infelix     putat     id 

acts          thanks     to  (her)  father ;       and      (she)  unhappy       thinks     that 

successisse  duabus  quod    erit    lugubre 

to  have-succeeded     to  the  two  (sisters)     which     will-be      mournful 

duabus.        Jam        exiguus      labor         restabat 

to   the   two.  Already  little  labour  did-remain 

Phoebo ;     que          equi       pulsabant      spatium    [75 

to  Phosbtis ;         and     (his)  horses  did  beat  the  space 

declivis  Olympi       pedibus.     Regales  epulae 

of  downward  Olympus  with  feet.  Royal       banquets  (are  placed) 

mensis,  et   Bacchus  ponitur  in  auro :  hinc 

to  the  tables,       and      Bacchus  [wine]    is  placed        in      gold :      hence 

sua  corpora  dantur       placido  somno.       .       .      .    [80 

their      bodies     are-given     to  calm  sleep. 

Erat    lux;     et    Pandion     complexus 

It  was          light;      and      Paudion       baving-embraced  [taken  hold  of] 

dextram          generi     euntis,  commendat        comi- 

the  right-hand  of  (his)  son-in-law     going,  entrusts  (bis)    corn- 

item         lacrimis      obortis :     "  Ego  do  bane 

pan  iuii  with  tears  having-arisen :       "  I       give      this  [Philomela] 

tibi,  care     gener,     quoniam     pia  caussa 

to  thee,     dear      son-in-hiw,        because      a  pious  [an  affectionate]  caus« 

coegit:  [et    ambae  volu£re  [85 

has-compelled :     [and        both     (tho  sisters)     have-wished      (it) 

tu    quoque,  Tereu,    voluisti;]  que  supplex     oro   pei 

thou       :I!MJ,          Tereus,      bast-wished;]     and     suppliant     I  pray      bj 

fidem,       que      cognata      pectora,      per         Superos, 

faith,  and  kindre<l  breasts,  by     the  Gods-above, 

tuearis  patrio  amore ;  et  remittaa 

(Dayettt-thou-defend  (her)  with  paternal    love ;    and  maye<t  thou-sond-back 


OVTDII    METAMORPH. 

quamprimura         dulce     lenimen        sollicitaa 

to  me          as-soou -as-possible     the  sweet  solace          of   anxious 

90]    senectse   (omnis    mora   erit    longa      nobis).     Tu 

old-age  (every       delay     will-be     long     to   us).  Thou 

quoque,    Philomela,     quamprimum,    si        est        ulla 

also,  Philomela,         as-soon-as-possible,     if        there-is         a  J 

pietas,  redito  ad  me,  (est  satis  sororem     es:e 

affection,     return      to     me,  (it  is     enough  (for  your)  sister          to  be 

procul.)"  Mandabat,    que   pariter   dabat    oscula 

at-a-distance.)*     He  did-charge,         and       likewise     did-give        kisses 

suse      natae,      et    mites     lacrimae    cadebant    inter 

to  his        daughter,      and     gentle  tears  did-fall        between 

mandata.     Que     poposcit     dextras  utriusque 

the  commands.        And  he  required     the  right        (hands)  of  each 

95]    ut     pignus      fidei;  que  junxit  datas   inter 

as     a  pledge       of  faith;       and      joined  (them)    given    between 

se,  que    jubet         salutent          ore  natam 

themselves,     and  he  orders  they  may-salute   with  mouth  (his)  daughter 

que     nepotem     absentes     pro       se       memori ;     que 

and  grandson       being-absent       for      himself        mindful ;          and 

vix        dixit        supremum      vale,  ore        pleno 

scarcely      said       the   last  farewell,      with    mouth  full 

singultibus ;  que     timuit      praesagia     suse  mentis. 

with  sobbings;  and  he  feared     the  bodings        of  his  mind. 

Ut   semel   Philomela    imposita-est          pictae    carinae, 

When  once          Philomela          was-placed-in     to  the  painted  keel 

100]  que       fretum  admotum-est          remis,  que 

[ship],   and  the  sea  was-applied         to  the  oars,          and 

tellus    repulsa-est;  "Vicimus,"  barbarus 

the  earth        was-thrust-back ;     "  We  have-conquered,"     the  barbarian 

exclamat :  "  mea  vota  feruntur  cum  me ;  "  et     deto-- 

exclaims:  "my       wishes     are-borne     with     me;"    "and  he  tun   . 

quet       lumen         nusquam     ab     ill&.      Non      alitei 

aside     the  light    [eye]        nowhere        from      her.  Not       otherwise 

qu&m  cum      praedator  ales      Jo  vis  aduncis 

than       whan  the  plundering      bird    of  Jupiter  [the  eagle]  with    hooked 

105]     pedibus       deposuit      leporem    in    alto    nido : 

feet  bus-deposited  a  hare  in       high         naif 


LIBER    PEXTUS.  223 

est       milla    fu^a  capto ;       raptor         spectat 

there-is        no         flight    (to    him)    taken ;     the  plunderer  view* 

sua  praemia.     Que    jam        iter      effectum-fest) ;  que 

bis        rewards.         And     already  the  voyage       was-completed ;         and 

jam  exierant  fessis   puppibus,          in 

already    they  had-gone-out        from  the  weary         poops  [ship],    |  into 

sua       littora,  cum       rex    trahit 

tlieir-own  shores  [upon  the  shore],  when  the  king       drags    [Philomela] 

natam          Pandione      in      alta      stabula,      obscure 

liorn  from    Pandion  into       high  stables,  obscure 

vetustis  silvis ;    atque  ibi  superat      vi  [no 

with  ancient        woods;         and      there  overcomes  by  force  (her) 

pallentem,   que   trepidam,   et  timentem  cuncta, 

pale,  and         trembling,     and         fearing  all       (things), 

et    jam    rogantem    cum    lacrimis,    ubi          germana 

and     now  asking          with  tears,          where  (her)  sister 

sit ;  parente     saepS       clamato      frustra,     saep& 

may-be;  (her)  parent  often       being-called-on     in-vain,  often 

sua"   sorore,  super  omnia  magnis 

her        sister      (being-called-on),  above          all      (things)  the  great 

divis.     Ula    tremit,    velut     pavens    agna,    quae     [115 

gods.  She       trembles,         as        a  fearful         lamb,      which 

saucia      excussa  ore  cani     lupi, 

wounded     shaken-from  [escaped]     from  the  mouth  of  a  hoary        wolf, 

nondum    videtur        sibi      tuta ;     que    ut      columba, 

not-yet  seems         to  herself    safe;          and       as      a  dove, 

plumis     madefactis  suo        sanguine,     horret 

with  feathers  made-wet         with  her-own          blood,  shudders 

adhuc,  que  timet      avidos  ungues     quibus       hseserat. 

as-yet,       and     fears  the  greedy         talons     to  which      she    bad-stuck. 

Mox  ubi  mens  rediit,  laniata  pas- 

Soon     when     mind  [understanding]  returned.      torn      (as  to  her)  dii»- 

808         capillos,  [similis  lugenti,  lacertis     [120 

bevelled        locks,  [like         to  (one)  mourning,  arms 

cassis  plangore,]  intendens         palmas, 

being-beaten    with    wailing,]  stretching-out    the    palms       [hands], 

ait:       "Pro,      Barbare,        diris       factis!       Pro4 

ihe  said:  "0,  Barbarian,      by  dreadful       deeds!  0 


230  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

crudelis !  Nee         mandata  parentis  cutu 

cruel  (man)!      Neither  tne  commands  of  (;uy'>  parent  with 

piis  lacrimis,    nee   cura  sororis, 

pious  [affectionate]    tears,  nor      care  [regard]  of  (my)  sister, 

130]    mov£re      te.     .      .  Si  tamen           Superi 

have-moved  thee.     ...         If    however  the  Gods-above 

cernunt    haec ;  si        numina  divum    sunt 

perceive  these  (things);     if    the    divinities  of  the  gods  are 

aliquid ;  si   omnia  peri^runt  non  cura  me, 

any  (thing);  if        all       (things)  have-perished   not      with       me, 

quandocunque          dabis       poenas         mihi;  ipsa 

at-some-time  thou  sbalt-give     penalties      to  me;  'I  myself 

loquar    tua    facta,    pudore      projecto.  Si    copia 

'will-speak  thy        deeds,        shame        being-cast-aside.         If        plenty 

detur,  veniara       in      populos ;      si 

[the  means]  may-be-given,         I  will-come       into          peoples ;  if 

135]        tenebor      clausa      silvis,      implebo        silvas 

I  shall-be-held   shut-up     in  woods,      I  will-fill  the  woods 

et      conscia     saxa          querelis.  JEther    audiat 

and       conscious        rocks     with  complaints.         The  sky  may-hear 

haec,  et   si   ullus    deus   est   in  illo." 

these  (things),  and    if       any         god         is       in         it." 

Sustinet       reverti    ad   Procnen   post    talia   facta. 

He   sustains          to   return          to         Procne          after       such        deeds. 

Quse       conjuge        viso,  quaerit  germanam; 

Who  (her)  husband  being  seen,       seeks  [inquires  for]  the  sister; 

at    ille    dat    fictos    geraitus,    que    narrat    commenta 

but      ho       gives     feigned        groans,         and       relates  feigned 

150]    funera.  Et         lacrimae     fecere    fidem. 

funerals    [death].         And  (his)  tears  made  faith. 

Procne     deripit     ex      humeris     velaraina      fulgentia 

Procne  tears-off     from        shoulders          garments  shining 

lato    auro,     que     induitur  atras 

with  broad     gold,         and         is-elothed  [clothes  herself  with]         black 

vestes,    et    constituit       inane   sepulcrura,    que    infert 

robes,          and         erects          an  empty  tomb,  and 

piacula  falsis   manibus;   ct  lugct        fVn 

pTriatory-s.icr.fif'.'f     to    the   false  shades;         aixi 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  231 

sororis    non    lugendae    sic.  Dcus     lustraverat 

of  a  sister  not    to-be- mourned  thus.     The  god  [sun]  bad-traversed 

bis    sex   signa  aniio      acto.      Quid    [155 

twice     fix       signs  [constellations]  a  year     being-acted.     What 

Philomela      faciat  (sub.)  ?  Custodia      claudit 

(may)  Philomela  do?  A   guard  shuts-out 

fugam.  Moenia  stabulorum     rigent     structa 

flight.  The    walls         of  the  stables  are-stiff  built 

solido  saxo.     Mutum  os        caret          indice 

with  solid        stone.  Her       (dumb)    mouth  is-without  an  informer 

facti.       Grande    ingenium    est        dolori ;     que 

of  the    deed.  Great  ingenuity         is        to   grief;  and 

sollertia    venit       miseris         rebus.     Candida,       sus- 

cunning          comes      to  unfortunate         affairs.         Fortunate,    she    sus- 

pendit  stamina         barbarica  tel&,  que  intexuit 

pends  threads     with   barbarian          web,     and     interwove 

purpureas  notas      albis  filis,      indicium          sceleris, 

purple  marks     to  white  threads,  a  discovery     of  the  -crime, 

que     tradidit  perfect!        uni ;  que 

and         delivered    (them)    completed     to   one  (of  her  attendants);  and 

rogat        gestu      ut         ferat  dominae.     Ilia 

asks         by  gesture       that    she  may-bear    (it)    to    mistress.  She 

rogata       pertulit         ad    Procnen,    nee      scit      quid 

being-asked        bore        (it)     to          Procne,  nor       knows         what 

tradat      in  illis.         Matrona  saevi  tyranni 

•he  may -deliver  in     them.      The  matron  [wife]  of  the  cruel          tyrant 

evolvit  vestes,     que    legit        miserabile     [165 

turned-over       the   garments,      and         read     the    wretched 

carmen      suae   germanae.      Et  [minim 

verse          of  her  sister.  And  [  (it  is)  wonderful       to   have 

potuisse!]        silet;      dolor    repressit          ora  (pi.} ; 

been-able!]         she  is-silent;      grief        repressed       (her)    mouth; 

que      verba      indignantia      satis      defuerunt 

and  words  iniignant  enough        were- wanting  to  (her) 

linguae     quaerenti,     nee         vacat  flere.        Sed 

tongue  seeking.  nor          is-there-time       to   weep.  But 

ruit          coufusura          que        f;is        quo      nefas, 

ike  rushes         R)>out-to-confoun<l         both        justice        and      injustice, 


232  OVIDII    METAMOKTH. 

170]      que          est       tota  in  imagine 

and        she  is  whole  [absorbed]     in         the   imagination 

poenae. 

of  punishment 

Erat       tempus,     quo        Sithoniae  aunie 

It  was       the  time,          in  which  the  Sithonian         daughters-in-law 

solent      celebrare       trieterica       sacra        Bac- 

P*dies]  are-wont  to  celebrate       the   triennial          sacred-rites    of    Bac- 

chi.     Nox          conscia          sacris.  Nocte    Rho- 

chus.      Night  (was)  privy          to  the  sacred-rites.     By  night          Rho- 

dope     sonat  tinnitibus        acuti     aeris  ;        nocte 

dope          sounds      with   tinklings  of  shrill          brass;     by   night 

175]  regina     egressa-est  SU&       domo;     que 

the   queen  went-out          from   her-own     house  ;         and 

instruitur  ritibus         dei,  que  accepit         furialia 

is-prepared     for  the  rites         of  the  god,    and     receives  [takes]     furious 

arma.  Caput  tegitur  vite  ;  vellera          cer- 

arms.          (Her)    head       is-covered  with  a  vine  ;       fleeces       belonging- 

vina  dependent  sinistro        lateri  ; 

to-a-deer  [deer-skins]         hang-down     from    the   left  side  ; 

levis     hasta     incubat  humero.  Terribilis 

a   light          spear  lies-on     to    the   shoulder.  The   terrible 

Procne    concita     per  sylvas     turbo1          suarum 

Procne  excited      through     the  woods       a  crowd     of  her  own 

comitante,     que    agitata  furiis      doloris, 

(friends)  accompanying,      and       agitated     by  the  furies     of  grief, 

simulat  tuas,  Bacche.     Tandem       venit  ad 

she  feigns          thy     (furies),  0  Bacchus.         At-length     she  comes      to 


180]         avi*  stabula,  que  exululat  que 

the  devious  [out-of-the-way]  stables,         and      howls-  out      and 

sonat  Evoe,    que   refringit        portas,    que    rapit 

sounds  [cries]  Evoe,         and     breaks-down  the  gates,  and        seizes 

germanam,    que    induit  raptae         insignia 

(her)  sister,  and        puts-on     to  (her)  seized        the  emblems 

Bacchi,    et   abdit         vultus         frondibus     hedera- 

of  Bacchus,      and     hides  (her)  looks         with  leaves  of  ivies; 

rum  ;    que    trahens    ducit         attouitam    intra       sua 

and        dragging       leads     (her)  astonished        within    her-owa 


LIBER   SEXTUS.  233 

limina.       Ut   Philomela   sensit  tetigisse 

thresholds.     When       Philomel       perceived  [herself]      to   have-touched 

nefandam     domum,    infelix       horruit,     que    [185 

the  impious  house,          unhappy  she  shuddered,      and 

expalluit         toto  ore.  Procne  nacta 

turned-pale  with  whole       countenance.  Procne         having-obtain  d 

locum,  demit         pignora  sacn- 

[reached]  the  place,         takes-off    the  pledges      (tokens)  of  the  gacrec- 

rum,    que    develat         pudibunda         ora 

rites,         and        unveils        the    modest  countenances      of   (her) 

miserae    sororis,   que    petit  amplexu.     Sed 

wretched        sister,         and       seeks     (her)    with  an  embrace.  But 

haec     sustinet     non        attollere  oculos     contrS, ; 

she  sustains          not        to   raise  (her)    eyes  opposite; 

visa  (est)     sibi         pellex  sororis ;  que    [190 

she  seemed         to  herself  the  harlot     of  (her)  sister;  and 

vultu  dejecto     in         humum,         manus  fuit 

with  countenance     cast-down     upon  the  ground,      (her)  hand          was 

pro         voce  volenti    jurare,  que  testari 

instead-of  voice     to  (her)  wishing   to  swear,         and      to-call-to-witness 

deos,    illud    dedecus      illatum  (esse)          sibi    per 

the  gods,          that        disgrace      to  have-been-inflicted      to  her          by 

vim.      Procne     ardet,     et     capit  non      suam 

force.  Procne         burns,         and      takes  [contains]    not       her-own 

iram:  que   corripiens       fletum  sororis,    inquit: 

anger :     and          chiding        the  weeping  of  (her)  sister,  said : 

"Fstnon     agendum  hie         lacrimis  sed         ferro: 

"It   v          not   to  be-acted         here  with  tears  but        with     iron 

Bed     si         habes     quid,  quod     [195 

[th»    jword] :    but        if    thou  hast  any     (thing),     which 

poisit  vincere    ferrum ;    ego       paravi          me. 

m-y-be-able       to  conquer  iron;  I        have-prepared    myseli', 

'  ermana,    in    omne      nafas.         Aut    ego    immittain 

ister,  unto     every       wickedness.        Either        I  will-send 

artificem  Terea      mediis  flammis,  cum  cre- 

Ihe  artful  Tereus    tt    middle         fl»me.«,         when      I   shall-hnve- 

maro       regalia  tecta         facibus;   aut  expellain 

Vurnt    the  royal  roof*     with    torches ;          or          I    will-tbrust-out 


234  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

200]  linguam,    aut   oculos,    aut    mox         sontem 

(hia)  tongue,  or        eyes,  or        soon     (his)  guilty 

animam  per    mille       vulnera.     Quodcunque  pa- 

life  by  a  thousand       wounds.  Whatever        I  have-pre- 

ravi,       magnum.       Dubito  adhuc,  quid         sit. 

pared,  (is)  great.  I  doubt       [hesitate]  as-yet,      what  it  may  be. 

Dum     Procne     peragit     talia,  Itjs        veniebat 

While         Procne          performs         such     (things),  Itys     did  come 

ad         matrem.  Admonita-est      ab      illo,     quid 

to     (hia)  mother.  She   was-admonished          by        him,         what 

possit,        que     tuens  immitibus     oculis, 

she  may-be-able,  and        viewing    (him)    with    cruel  eyes, 

205]         dixit:     "Ah,  quam  similis       es  patri." 

she  said:  "Ah,         how        like     thou  art  to  (thy)  father." 

Nec          locuta  plura,  parat         triste 

Nor  having-spoken          '  more     (words),      she   prepares      a   sad 

facinus,    que    exaestuat          tacita    ira.      Tamen    ut 

deed,  and  burns        with    silent        anger.          Yet      when 

natus  accessit  que  attulit  salutem  matri, 

(her)  son       approached    and   brought    health  [salutation]  to  the  mother, 

et   adduxit  colla         parvis   lacertis,    que 

and     drew-to  [embraced]  (her)  necks    with  little  arms,  and 

210]    junxit    oscula    mista          puerilibus    blanditiis, 

joined          kisses       mingled    with  childish  caresses, 

genitrix    mota-est    quidem,    que         ira     constitit 

the  mother  was-moved        indeed,         and  (her)  anger  stood 

infracta :    que         inviti      oculi    maduero         coactis 

broken:  and  (her)  unwilling     eyea  were-wet     with    collected 

lacrimis.     Sed     simul  sensit  matrem 

tears.  But    as-soon-as     she  perceived     the  mother       (herself) 

labare    ex    nimisi    pietate,    iterum       versa-est    ab 

to  totter         from  too-much     affection,  again     she  was-turned   from 

L6c     ad        vultus  sororis ;     que     invicem 

nim         to      the    countenances   of  (her)    sister;  uud  in-turn 

spectans    ambos,    inquit :     "  Cur       alter         admovet 

viewing  both,  said:  "  Wtiy  the   other    [one]         applies 

215]  blanditias ;     altera  silet  rapta 

[Joea  he  ap^ly]  caresses:         the  other     is-silent  with  torij-awnf 


LIBER    SEXTUS.  235 

lingua?       Cur    vocat    ilia    non          sororem,    quam 

lungue?  Why        calls        the        not     (me)   sister,  whom 

hie         vocat  matrem  ?     Vide     cui    inarito  sis 

this  (Itys)  calls          mother '!  See  to  what  a  husband  thou  mayest-be 

nupta,  nata          Pandioue.  Degeneras : 

married,     (Proone)  bom     fnin    Pandion.  Thou    degenerates! : 

Bcelus     est     pietas  in  conjugc 

crime  is          piety  [affection]        in    [towards]  (such)  a  husbaud 

Tereo.  '       Nee  mora;          traxit     [220 

(as)   Tereus. '  Nor      ( was   there)     delay ;       she   dragged 

Ityn :  Procne  ferit         ense  quii       pectus 

Itys:          .        .        .          Procue    strikes  with  sword  where  the  breast 

adhaeret          lateri,         clamantem,    et   petentem 

adheres         to  the  side,      (him)   crying-out,          and         seeking      (her) 

colla,   nee    avertit         vultum.  Vel  unum    [225 

necks,        nor   turus-a*ide  (her)  countenance.  Even  one 

vulnus  erat  satis       illi  ad  fata.  Philomela 

wound         was    enough  |  to  him  to      fates  [for  his  death].  Philomel 

resolvit  jugulum         ferro. 

unlooses  [outs-open]  (his)  throat  with    iron    [sword], 

Thr&cius  insequitur        ferro  genitas 

The    Thracian    [Tereus]         pursues      with  sword  (the  women)  begotten 

Panclione.         Putares  corpora          Ce-    [250 

by    Paudion.         Thou  mightest-think  the  bodies      of  the  Athe- 

cropidura  pcndere       pennis :       Pende- 

nians  \ Procne  and  Philomel]  to  hang  on  wings:     They  did-bang 

bant      pennis :       altera  quarum  petit       silvas ; 

on    wings:        the    other    [one]    of   whom  seeks     the    woods: 

altera   subit   tecta.     Neque  adhuc      notae       caedis 

the  other     goes-under  roofs.         Neither     as-yet   the    marks  of  slaughter 

excessSre     dc  pectore ;  que       pluma  est  signnta 

have-departed  from  (their)  bre.v-t ;  and    the    feather     is         market 

sanguine.       Ille  vclox        suo     dolore     que 

with    blood.  He    [Tereus]     swift        in    his         grief  and 

cupidine      poenae         vertitur   in     volucrem ;     [255 

in    ilc.sire  of   punishment      i.^-turned     into    a   bird; 

cui      cristae     stant     in         vcrtice :         immodicuin 

U     which        crests          «itainl        mi     the-    lira<l  :  an    immoderate 


236  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

rostrum  prominet   pro        longa  cuspide.  Nomen 

beak  stands-out  instead-of  a  long     weapon-point.     The   name 

volucri        Epops :  facies    videtur    armata. 

to  the  bird  (is)    Hoopoop :       (his)   face  seems  armed. 

Hie    dolor    misit    Pandione    ad       Tartareus   umbras 

This        grief          sent  Pandion         to     the    Tartarean  shades 

ante  diem,     que     extrema     tempora  longa 

before     (his)   day,  and          extreme  timet  of  a  long 

260]    senectae 

old-age. 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  287 


LIBER     SEPTIMUS. 

BOOK  THE  SEVENTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  VII.  1—159.) 

DE  JASONE   ET      MEDEA. 

CONCERNING    JASON   AND    UEDEA. 

QUE  jam         Minyae  secabant       fretum 

AND     already   the   Thessalian    (Argonauts)     did-cut       the   sea 

PagasaeS  puppe,  que  Phineus  visus-erat 

in  the  Pagassean         stern  [ship  Argo],     and       Phineus        hud-seemed 

trahens         inopem    senectam    sub    perpetua"    nocte; 

ili-iiirjiing-on     a   needy  old-age        under        perpetual          night; 

f[iie         juvenes     creati         Aquilone 

and       the   youths  born       from    Aquilo  [Calaii   and    Zetes] 

fugarant  virgineas    volucres  ore 

had-put-to-flight  the  virgin-like         birds  [Harpies]  from  the  countenance 

iniseri       senis,    que     perpessi     multa  sub 

of  the  wretched      old-man,     and     having-suffered  many  (things)  under 

claro  Jasone,      tandem      contigerant      [5 

the   bright    [famous]         Jason,  at-length  bad-reached 

rapidas    undas  limosi    Phasidos.       Que    dum 

the   rapid  waters     of  tke  muddy          Phasis.  And       wliilu 

adeunt        regem,  que  poscunt       Phryxea  vellera 

they   go- to         the   king,  and      demand     the   Phryxean         fleeces 

que      lex  datur         horrenda 

rlhe  golden  fleece],  and     a    law    [condition]     il-given         to-be-drea'led 

numeris  magnorum   laborum  :   .ZEetias 

rfy  the  numbers      of  (its)  great  labours:         JJetiiUi  fMedea] 


238  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

interea    concipit    validos    ignes ;         et  luctata 

meantime      conceives        powerful         fires  [lovo]  ;  and  havin^-struggled 

diu,         postquam       poterat  non     vincere     furorem 

a  long-time,      after-that     she    was-able    not   to   conquer  the  rage 

10]        ratione,       ait :  "  Medea,        repugnas  frustra : 

by  reason,       she  said :       "  Medea,    thou   apposest  iu-v;un : 

nescio     quis   Deus   obstat,    que         mirum,         nisi 

I  know-not     what       God        opposes,       and  (it  is)  wonderful,        unless 

hoc,    aut     certe     aliquid     simile        huic,    est     quod 

this,          or      certainly    something         like         to    this,  is  what 

vocatur      amare.     Nam  cur  jussa  patris 

is-called      to   love.  For       why  (do)  the  commands  of  (my)  father 

videntur     mihi  nimium  dura?     Quoque        sunt  nimis 

seem  to   me  too          hard  ?  Also         they  are  too 

dura.     Cur    timeo   ne     pereat,     quern     vidi   denique 

hard.          Why    do-I-fear  lest  he  may-perish,  whom    I  saw  la.-'tly 

15]    modo  ?      Quae  caussa  tanti     tirnoris  ? 

just-now?        What    (is)    the   cause        of  so   great  fear? 

Infelix,  excute,    si         potes,         flammas    con- 

Unhappy  (Medea),  shake-off,      if  thou  art-able,    the  flames  con 

ceptas  virgineo     pectore.       Si  possem, 

ceived       in   (your)    virgin-like          breast.  If       I  might-be-able, 

essem      sanior.     Sed     nova    vis    trahit       invitam; 

I  should-be  more-sound.     But     a   new       power     drags    (me)  unwilling; 

que  cupido  suadet  aliud,  mens 

aud        desire    persuades  another  [one]  (thing),  (iny)  mind  (understanding) 

aliud.         Video    que     probo  meliora,  sequor 

another.        I   see  and     I  approve      better        (things),     I   follow 

2OJ    deteriora.       Quid,         regia    virgo,  ureris 

worse.  What  [why],  royal         virgin,    art-thou-inflameJ 

in     hospite,    et         concipis  thalamos  alien  i 

in     a   stranger,     and    dost-thou-conceive     bridal-chambers     of  a  foreign 

orbis  ?       Quoque     haec     terra     potest       dare     quod 

globe?  Also  this          land         ks-able       to  give  what 

ames.  Est   in  dis,  an 

thou-mayest-love.        It   is         in    (the  power  of)    the    gods,         whether 

ille     vivit         occidat.     Tamen     vivat :     que        licet 

U«        may-live  (or)  may -perish.         Yet        iu:iy- he-live :    and  it  ii-lawfu' 


LIBEH    SEPTIMUS.  231' 

precari   id   vel   sine    amore.     Enim  quid         Jasoi. 

to  pray-for      that  even  without    love.  For        what    vha»)    Jason 

commisit?     Quam,  nisi    crudelem,     setas    [25 

committed?  What     (woman),  unless          cruel,         the  age 

Jasonis  tangat  non,  et         genus,   et   virtus  \ 

•  f  Jascn         may-touch  [affect]    not,     and  (his)  race,        and       valour  i 

Quam  forma,     ut         caetera  desint 

\Vhat     (woman)  his  form,       although  the  other  (things)  may  -he-wanting 

potest  non     movere  ?     Certe       movit     mea  pectora. 

is-ahle       not    to  move?  Certainly  he  hag-moved    my  breasts. 

At     nisi       tulero  opera,  afflabitur 

But      unless     I  shall-have-borne         assistance,  he   will-be-blasted 

ore  taurorum ;    que    concurret  suae 

by  the  mouth  of  the  bulls;  and       will-engage     to  [with]  his  owii 

segeti,  hostibus    creatis  tellure :    [30 

crop,  to  [with]  the  enemies  born       from  the  earth  : 

aut      dabitur        fera     prreda          avido  draconi.     Si 

or         will-be-givcn     a  cruel         prey     to  the  greedy       dragon.          Jf 

ego    patiar    hoc,    turn      fatebor        me      natam     de 

I          may-suffer  this,        then     I  will-confess      myself        born      from 

tigride,    turn  gestare    ferrum    et 

n  tiger,  then  (I  will  confess  myself)  to  bear  iron        and 

scopulos   in   corde.     Cur   specto   non         pereuntem? 

rock  in       heart.         Why  do-I-view      not  (him)  perishing? 

et    conscelero  oculos      videndo  ?      Cur         non- 

und        profane  (my)   eyes         by  seeing?  Why        do-I-not 

exhortor     tauros  in  ilium,  que     feros  terrigenas    [35 

encourage  the  bulls        upon     him,      and  the  fierce        earth-born 

que       insopitum    draconem?  Di     velint 

(men),   and   the    sleepless  dragon  ?  'May  the  goda         'wish 

meliora.         Quamquam  ista  non     precanda, 

better         (things).     Although      those  (things)  (are)  not  to-be-prayed-1'or, 

sed  facienda  mini.     Ne     ego  prodarn  regna 

but     to-be-done    to  [by]  me.       Whether     I     sball-betray  the  kingdoms 

parcntis,  atque     nescio    quis    advena         serva- 

of  (my)  parent,  ami     I  know-not    what      stranger     ghall-ba-pru- 

bitur      nostra,     ope,     ut,    sospes     per     me,  det 

lurveJ  by  our  ns-i-iano'-,  ui.-it,        sate        through    nae,    he  m»«  give 


240  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

40]    vela          ventis  sine  me,  que  sit         vir 

sails     to  the  winds     without  me,      and  may-be  the  man  [husband] 

alterius :         Medea    relinquar         poenae  ?  Si 

of  another:  'I  Medea         'may-be-left        to   punishment?  If 

potest       facere  hoc,    ve   potest      praeponere    aliam 

he  h-abh      to  do  this,       or        i?-.ible     to   prefer  another 

nobis,  ingratus        occidat !        Sed    is 

(woman;  to  us,  (being)  ungrateful         may-he-perish!       But   t!i:i! 

vultus       non   in    illo,    est   non    ea   nobilitas     animo, 

look         (is)  not        in     him,  there-is  not      that       nobility     to    mind, 

ea     gratia        formae,      ut      timeam      fraudem,     que 

that       grace         to    form,  that    I  may-fear  fraud,  and 

45]    oblivia  (pi.}      nostri   meriti.     Et      dabit     fidem 

forgetfulness         of  our  merit.         And  he  shall-give     faith 

ante :    que     cogam         deos      esse     testes     in 

[pledge]  before :      and   I  will-force    the  gods     to    be         witnesses  unto 

foedera.     Quid         times       tuta?  Accingere 

die  covenants.      What  [why]  fearest-thou  safe     (things)?     Be-girt  [pre- 

et     pelle     omnem   moram.     Jason  semper 

pare  thyself]  and  drive-away        all  delay.  Jason          always 

debebit     se         tibi :      junget    te       sibi  solenni 

will-owe     himself  to   thee:   he   will-join   thee  to  himself  with   solemn 

face ;  que       celebrabere  servatrix      per 

torch  [marriage] ;  and  thou  wilt-be-celebrated  (as)  a  preserver        through 

50]         Pelasgas    urbes         turba      matrurn.        Ergo 

the  Grecian  cities     by  a  crowd     of  mothers.          Therefore 

ego,      ablata  ventis,     relinquam         germanam, 

I,  borne-away  by  the  winds,         shall-I-lcavc  (my)  sister, 

que   fratrem,   que  patrem,   que       deos,   et         natale 

and        brother,       and        father,         and   the  gods,     and  (my)  natal 

solum  ?      Nempe          pater          saevus,     uempej    me.. 

soil?  Truly       (my)  father         (is)  cruel,  truly  my 

tellus  est  barbara,         frater  adhuc      infans :       vot.r 

land          is      barbarous,  (my)  brother      as-yet     an  infants    the  wishes 

sororis  stant  cum  me.  Maximus 

of  (my)  sister        |  stand      with     me  [are-on-my-side].     The  greatest 

65]    deus      est  intra  me.     Relinquam  non  magna ' 

god  [Love]  is    within    me.     I   shall-leave         not     great   (thir 


-MI:S.  241 

sequar     magna:  titulum  Achiviv 

f  shall-follow     great  ;tn:.u^.  ;  :  (namely)  tlie  title  [glory]  of  tlie  Grecian 

pubis          servatse,  quc        notitiam          meliom 

youth  being-preserved,          and     the  knowledge       of  a  better 

loci,     et          oppida,     que          cultus,     quo  m      artes 

plane,      and     the   towns,  and      the    dresses,         and      the    arts 

virorum,        fama      quorum     viget     quoque      hie : 

^f   men,  the   fame      of  whom  flourishes     also  [even]     here  : 

([iic       JEsonidem         quern  ego  veliin  mutassc 

e    JEsonian    [Jason]     whom         1     may-wish  to  have-exchanged 

cum        rebus,    quas         totus    orbis    possidet:     quo 

with     the    things,       which     the    whole        globe        possesses:          who 

conjuge      ferar  felix,    et    cara    [60 

(being    my)   husband         I  shall-be-reported  happy,     and       dear 

dis,  et     tangam         sidera         vertice.     Quid 

to  the  gods,  and   shall-touch     the   stars         with    bead.          What  [why] 

quod     nescio    qui    monies    dicuntur      con- 

-!  I  say)  that       I    know-not  what     mountains     are-said  to   en- 

currere  in       mediis    undis,    que    Charybdis 

g;ige          (in  battle)      in   the    middle         waters,       and  Charyb'dis 

inimica      ratibus  nunc  sorbere,  nunc     red- 

hostile         to   ships  now  [sometimes]    to   suck-in,         now       to    re- 

dere  fretum ;    que    rapax    Scylla      cincta 

turn    [throw-out]    the   sea ;  ;ind     rapacious      Soylla     surrounded 

saevis  canibus     latrare           Siculo  profundo?    [65 

with   cruel          dogs      to    bark         in  the  Sicilian      deep    [sea]  ? 

Nemp&  tenens  quod      amo,  que  haerens  in      gremio 

Truly  holding      what     I    love,       and      sticking      in  the  bosom 

lasonis     ferar  per         longa  freta.  Am- 

.   .1  .    in          I  shall- be -borue  through  the  long          seas.      Having-em- 

plexa    illuui,       verebor       nihil ;     aut     si       metuam 

him,         I  shall-feiir         nothing;        or          if    I    may-four 

ijuid,  metuam  dc  conjuge    solo. 

:iny       (thing),      I   shall-fear        concerning       (my)  husband        alone. 

Ne  vocas  conjugium,    que  imponis, 

Whether  dost-thou-call     (it)     marriage,  ami         dost-thou-inip' M  . 

Medea,  spcciosa  nomina     tua;  culpae?     Quin  adspice, 

Medea,         plausible         naums     to  tuy       fault?  Lut  behold 


342  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

70]    quantum       nefas  aggrediare ;     et,     duir 

how-great         a  wickedness     thou  UKivurtt-attempt ;  and,      while 

licet,          effuge        crimen."           Dixit :    et    Rectum, 

it-is-lawful,         shun       the  crime."  She  said :         and  Right. 

que  Pietas  que  Pudor  constiterarit  ante  oculos ; 

and     Affection   and     Modesty         bad-stood         before    (her)  eyi.s ; 

et   jam    Cupido    dabat     victa     terga. 

and   now         Desire    |  did-give    conquered    backs     [was  retreating]. 

Ibat  ad       antiquas  aras     Hecates,       Perseidos, 

She  did-gc    to    the  ancient          altars  of  Hecate,       daughter-of-Persu, 

quas     umbrosum  nemus   que     secreta  silva  tegebat: 

which  a  shady  grove         and  a  secret          wood       did-cover : 

75]    et     jam      erat      fortis,    que    ardor       repulsus 

and      now        she-was         bold,         and        ardour  being-repelled, 

resederat ;    cum       videt       JEsoniden  que       ex- 

had-settled;         when  she  sees     the     JSsoninn  [Jason],       and   the   ex- 

tincta      flamrna    revixit.  Genae    erubuere ;     que 

tinguished       flame  revived.     (Her)  cheeks         grew-red;  and 

recanduit  toto       ore.          Ut      parva    scintilla 

she  grew-hot-again     in  whole  countenance.     As     a  small  spark 

quae      latuit      sub   inductS,   favilla,  solet      resumere 

which    has-lain-hid  under  drawn-over     ember,     is-wont  to  take 

80]    alimenta         a  ventis,    que       crescere ;    et 

nourishments      from      the  winds,  and     to  increase;         and 

agitata  resurgere     in  veteres    vires ;     sic 

being-agitated      to  rise-again  into    (its)    old  strength ;         so 

jam  lentus  amor,  quern         putares       jam     languere, 

now         slow         love,      which    thou  mightest-think  now    to  be-languid, 

ut         vidit      juvenem,   inarsit  specie 

when  she  saw     the  youth,  burned       with  the  beauty       of  (him) 

prsesenlis.     Et      casu,  natus          ^Bsone,  i'uit 

present.  And  by  chance,  (Jason)  born         fio.ni   JEson,  \\;i.- 

formosior  solito      ilia  luce :  posses 

more-handsome  than  usual    on    that  light  [day]  ;  thou  mightest-be-ublo 

85]        ignoscere  amanti.  Spectat,  et  tenet 

to  pardon  to  (her)  loving.          She  views,  and     hold.-' 

lumina,  fixa     in  vultu,  veluti    nunc 

lights  [her  eyes],         fixed       on     (his)  countenance,         as-if  now 


LIBER    SEPTIMUS.  243 

denique    viso ;    nee    demens        putat         se        viden 

finally  seen ;       nor          mad        does-she-think  herself  to  see 

mortalia          ora ;          nee     declinat       se       ab     illo 

mortal  countenances ;      nor       turns-away     herself    from      bin 

Vero  ut         hospes  que  coepit      loqui,  que  prehendit 

But       when  the  stranger    both     began     to  speak,      and  seized 

dextram,          et  rogavit  auxilium     submissa"  voce ; 

(her)  right          (hand),  and     asked  aid       with  downcast      voice 

que  promisit     torum ;  ilia  ait         lacrimis     [90 

nnd        promised     a  bed  [marriage] ;     she     said  with  tears 

profusis :         "'  Video    quid     faciam :    nee    ignorantia 

poured-forih :     "  I    see  what   I   may-do :      neither         ignorance 

veri,    sed   amor    decipiet     me.  Servabere 

of  truth,      but       love       will-deceive      me.         Thou  shalt-be-preserved 

nostro       munere.         Servatus     dato       promissa." 

by  our  [my]  gift.  Being-preserved     give     the  promises." 

Ille  jurat  per       sacra  triformis   deae, 

He      swears    by  the   sacred-rites  of  the  three-formed  goddess  [Hecate], 

que       numen   quod  foret  in  illo  luco,   que  per    [-95 

and    the  divinity     which  might-be  in     that    grove,      and       by 

patrem  soceri  futuri, 

the  father     of  (his)  father-in-law,  [the  Sun,  father  of  JEe'tas],  about-to-be 

cernentem  cuncta,  que     suos     eventus,         per 

perceiving  ;ill         (things),  and      bis-own     successes,         through 

tanta      pericula.  Creditus,  accepit      protinus 

so-gr  Being-believed,     he  received       immediately 

cantatas   herbas,  qiie  edidicit       usum :   que   Isetus 

the  ench.intiMl         hcrks        and      learnt-of    the  use:  and       joyful 

recessit     in        tecta. 

went-biH-k     into  the  roof. 

•ra  Aurora  depulerat      micantes  Stellas,  [ioo 

i:^         M-.rn     hail-dispelled  the  glittering  stars, 

populi  (pi-)  conveniunt  in      sacrum  arvum  Mavortis ; 

:n  •  (»-cijili;  r.,rue-togethe»  into  the  sacred         field     of  Mars; 

que  consistmit         jugis.          Rex  ipse  purpureus, 

,'.•  bills.     The  king  himself  (adorned  in)  purple, 

quo  insignia       eburno  sceptro,  resedit       medio  agmine. 

»nd  remnrk'ibl..-  with  i -ory        eceptre,     fat-down  iu  the  uiid  1U          troop 


244  OYIDII    METAMORPH. 

Ecce          aeripcdes       tauri       efflant       Vulcanum 

Behold       the  brazen-footed       bulls        breathe-out       Vulcan  [fire] 

adamanteis  naribus;    que        herbse,    tactsa 

with  adamantine  [untamed]  nostrils;  and      the  herbs,         touched 

105]  vaporibus,  ardent.     Que  ut      pleni 

[smitten]  by  the  vapours,  burn.  And    as  the  full 

camini   solent      resonare,    aut   ubi    silices  solut 

furnaces     are-wont  to  resound,  or      when      flints         being-solvec 

terrena  fornace  concipiunt  ignem       adsper- 

(into  lime)  in  earthen         furnace         conceive  fire     by  the  sprink- 

gine     liquidarum  aquarum  ;  sic  pectora  volventia 

ling    of  liquid  waters;  so     (their)  breasts  rolling 

flammas  clausas  intus,  que         usta  guttura  sonant. 

the  flames  shut       within,    and  (their)  burnt     throats       resound. 

110]     Tamen  natus        ^Isone    it    obvius     illis. 

Yet          (Jason)    born       from  JEson       goes    opposite  to  them. 

Truces         vert£re  terribiles  vultus,   que  cornua 

Fierce       they  turned         (their)  terrible  looks,         and          horns 

praefixa         ferro    ad        ora  venientis ; 

tipped          with  iron          to     the   countenances    of  (him)    coming; 

que  pulsavere       pulvereum  solum       bisulco  pede,  que 

\nd  beat         the  dusty  soil     with  cloven         foot,      :in« 

implevSre          locum  fumificis         mugitibus 

they  filled  the  place         with    smoke-making  lowings. 

Minyse  diriguere         metu.     Ille      subit ; 

The  Thessalian  (women)     grew-stiil'       with  fear.  He         goes-up; 

115]  nec  sentit      anhelatos  ignes  ;     medicamina 

nor       feels     the  panted  tires ;     the  medicines  [applications] 

possunt  tantum.         Que        mulcet         pendula 

are-abU  [avail]         so-much.  And       he  soothes       the   hanging 

palearia         audaci  dextra ;  que  cogit          suppo- 

dew-liips       with  bold  right       (hand);  and    forces  (them)   placed- 

sitos          jugo      ducere       grave    pondus  aratri, 

under  to  the  yoke     to  lead  t.luv  lioavv  weight      of  the  plough. 

et      proscindere      insuetum     campum      ferro. 

ind  to  cut  the  unaccustomed       plain     with   iron  [the  plough- 

Colchi  inivantur.         Minyae  implent 

ubarej.     Tin-  O'lu-iiLius     wuink-r.        The  IhMsaJian  .iil-nj' 


LIBKR    SEPTIMUS.  245 

que    adjiciunt     animos  clamoribus.        Turn     [120 

and  add  spirits         with  phout.s  Then 

sumit       vipereos  dentcs      ahena  galea,  et  spargit 

he  takes       the  viperine         teeth       in    brazen      helmet,    and     scatter* 

in          aratos     agros.         Humus          praetincta 

(them)  upon  the  ploughed       fields.       The  ground       dipped-beforehand 

valido  veneno  mollit       semina :  et       sati  dentes 

frith  strong          poison       softens  the  seeds:  and  the  sown         teeth 

crescunt  que   fiunt  nova  corpora.      Que   ut      infans 

grow  and     become     new        bodies.  And       as  an  infant 

sumit       specietn         hominis  in   rnatern&  alvo,     [125 

takes      the  appearance  of  a  man  in       maternal       womb, 

que      componitur  intus     per    suos   numeros,         nee 

and      is  composed  within    through     its         numbers  [parts],     nor 

exit       in         communes  auras  nisi  maturus ;  sic,  ubi 

goes-out  into   the  common  airs      unless         ripe;  so,    when 

imago     hominis  effecta-est       visceribus         gravidae 

the  image     of  man  iruicd  in  the  bowels         of  the  pregnant 

telluris,     consurgit  in       foeto     arvo:     Que  quod 

earth,  it  rises  in  the  fruitful     field :  And       what    (is) 

magis  mirum,    concutit   arina       edita        simul.     [130 

more        wonderful,       shakes          arms     l>rought-f<>rth  together. 

Quos  ubi       Pelasgi  viderunt  paratos    torquere 

Whom  when  the  Grecians  [Thessalian.-i]    saw  prepared  to  hurl 

hastas     praecutae  cuspidis   in         caput  Haemonii 

spears      of  very-sharp         point        upon  the  head      of  the  Haeuionian 

juvenis  demisere  que  vultutn  que  animum. 

youth  [Jason]         they  lowered         both         face       and      mind  [spiritj. 

Quoque  ipsa     extimuit,  quae  fecerat  ilium  tutum: 

Also         (Medea)  herself        feared,         whu   bad-made     him  safe: 

que   ut        vidit      juvenem  unum  peti 

ind     when  she  saw  the  youth  one  [alone]  to  be-sought  [aimed-atj 

ab     tot     hostibus,      palluit;     et  subito      sedit    [135 

by    so-many     enemies,    .<ho  turned-pale;  and  suddenly  she  sat 

i'rigida    sine    sanguine.       Neve        irr.-tmina         data 

cold  without         bk  And  k'.-t   the  grasses  [herbs]     given 

a      se      valcant   pa  rum,       canit      auxiliare   carmen; 

by  herself    may-avail       little,       >be  sing.<     an  auxiliary  verse; 


246  OVIDII    MKTAMORPII. 

que    advooat    secretas    artes.       Ille,  jaculatus, 

and         gammons         secret  art?.  He   [Jason],  having-hnrled 

gravem    silicem      in          medios     hostes,     convertit 

a  heavy  flint  into      the  tui'ldle          enemies,  turns 

140]     Martem       depulsum       a  in       ipsos. 

Mars  [war]        driven-away       from      himself      upon          them. 

Terrigenae    fratres    pereunt    per   mutua   vulnera, 

The   earth-born  brothers          perish  by       mutual          wounds, 

que    cadunt      civili   acie.  Achivi   gratantur    que 

and  fall         in  civil       battle.       The  Grecians     congratulate        and 

tenent  victorem,    que    haerent       avidis    am- 

hold  [embrace]     the  conqueror,          and         adhere       in  eager          em- 

plexibus.     Tu  quoque,  barbara,  velles 

braces.  Thou      also,       barbarian   [t'orc-ign]   f Medea),  wouldst-wisii 

complecti       victorem ;  pudor  obstitit  incepto ; 

to  embrace          the  conqueror;        shame     opposed   to  the  undertaking; 

145]     at          complexa-fuisses ;    sed  reverentia    famae 

but   thou  wouldst-bave-embraced ;     but         respect        of  fame 

tenuit      te,      ne          faceres.  Quod  licet, 

held  thee,       lest    thou  mightest-do  (it).       What  is-allowed, 

laetaris         tacito  affectu,  que  agis  grates  car- 

thou  rejoicest     with  silent      affection,     and  actest    thanks    to  the  songs 

minibus,       et  dis       auctoribus     horum. 

[incantations],  and  to  the  gods  the  authors  of  these. 

Superest          sopire  pervigilem      draconem 

It  remains  to  lull  the  very-watchful  dragon 

herbis ;    qui    prsesignis          crista   que          tribus 

with  herbs;         which     remarkable       with  crest          and     with   three 

150]    linguis,    et   horrendus         uncis    dentibus,  erat 

tongues,       and  to-be-dreaded  with  crooked         teeth,  was 

custos  aurei    arietis.       Postquam        sparsit 

the  guardian      of  the  golden         ram.  After-that      he  sprinkled 

hunc         gramine  Letbsei    succi,    que    dixii    tor 

him       with  grass  [herb]       of  Lethean         juice,         and         said    thrice 

verba  facientia  placidos  somnos,  quae  sistuut 

words          miking  placid  sleeps,       which      cause-to-jur.rd-iitill 

turbatum  mare,   quae  concita    fluniiiui  ; 

tha  troubled  sea,       which  (can  calm)  the  ex  ri\cr.-. 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  217 

sornnus      sifbrepit      in      oculos     ignotos,  et 

flct'p  creeps-on         upon         eyes  unknown   (to  flecp),    and 

^Esonius    heros    potitur  auro :     quc     [155 

the  .-Esoniau  hero        possesses       with  the  gold:          and 

superbus  spolio,  portans  cum     se          auctorem 

proud  with  the  spoil,         carrying     with     himself  the  author 

muneris,  altera  spolia,     victor     cum         conjuge 

A  the  gift,  other        spoils,      conqueror     with    (his)  wife 

tetigit  lolciacos   portus. 

be  touched  [reached]  the  lolcian  harbours. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  VII.  159—178,  252—293.) 

/BSON    REVOCATUS    AD    JUVENTUTEM. 
JRSON       RESTORED       TO  YOUTH 

Haemoniae  matres  que  grandsevi        patres 

The  HaBmonian        mothers  [matrons]  and  aged       fathers  [sires] 

ferunt  dona  pro  natis     recep- 

c&rry        gifts  (to  the  temples)  on-account-of  (their)  children   reccived- 

tis :  que    congesta      tura      liquefiunt     flamma ; 

back  (safe) :     and        piled-up    frankincenses     dissolve        in  flame 

que        vota  victima,  inducta          aurum 

(upon  the  altars);  and  the  devoted     victim,     |  overlaid  (as  to)  gold 

cornibus,  cadit.  Sed 

on  the  horns,         [having  gilded  horns,]     falls       (in  sacrifice.)          But 

JEson,  jam  propior     leto,  que  fessus      senilibus  annis, 

J5son,        now      nearer     to  death,  and     feeble  from  senile  years, 

abest  gratantibus.  Cum       [5 

u-ab.-ent       on  (these)  rejoicing  (occasions).  But 

JEsonides     sic :  "  0    conjix,         cui 

the   son-of-jEson       thus  (addressed  Medea):  "0  wife,       to  whmn 

confiteor       debere  salutem,  quamquam         dc- 

I  acknowledge         to-owe        (my)  safety,  although       you  havu- 

disti    cuncta  inihi,     que         suinma      tuorum 

granted        all       (things)    to   me,  and     the  sum  of  thy 

moritorum  excessit  fidem  ;  tamcn,  si  possunt 

fa'-'  ars  exceed!       belief  yet,         if  (ineantations)  can 


248  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

hoc    (quid    enim         carmina    non    possunt?) 

(do)  this      (what     indeed   'are  incantations     not  'able       (to  do)? 

deine  meis  annis,  et  adde 

lake-away  from  (the  number  of)  my        years,       and     add     the    (years) 

10]    demtos  parentis."  Ncc  tenuit 

taken-away  to  (my)  parent  [father]."         Nor  did-he-check 

lacrimas.  Est    mota  pietate 

the  (rising)  tears.  (Medea)  is        moved  by  the  piety         of  (him) 

.rogantis  :    [que   JEe'ta,  relictus       subiit 

requesting  :         [and       JJe'tes,  (whom   she   had)    abandoned    came-int-o 

dissimilem  animum  :  ]  tamen,  non  con- 

(her)  different  mind  :  ]          however,     not  [without]  having-con- 

fessa  tales  affectus,      inquit  :     "  Conjux,  quod  scelus 

fessed      such     emotions,    she  said  :         "  0  husband,         what      |  crime 

excidit         tuo  ore  ?          Ego  ergo  videor 

[wicked  request]  has-fallen  from  thy  mouth  ?      (Do)  I       then 


posse  transcribere     spatium         tuae  vitae     cuiquam  ? 

able  to-transfer          a  space  [part]  of  thy        life     to          any-one 

15]  Hecate         non  sinat  hoc;  nee  tu 

[another]?       Hecate    'may  not      "allow     this;     nor  (doest)  thou 

petis      aequa  :  sed,    lason,     experiar         dare 

-cquest  a  just         (thing)  :        but,         Jason,     I  will-endeavour  to  grant 

majus  munus          isto  quod        petis.         Tentabimus 

a  greater        gift      (than)  that  which  thou  askest.     We  will-try 

revocare     lorigum  aevum  soceri  mea  arte, 

to-call-back  a  long  life     to  (your)  father-in-law  by  my          arl> 

non  tuis   annis:     modo       triformis     diva 

not     'by  (diminishing)  'thy      years:     if  only      the  threefold        goddess 

adjuvet;       que      praesens       annuat  ingentibus 

assist;  and          propitious  approve  the  mighty 

20]      ausis."       .      .      .          Jussit       effetum  corpus 

attempts."       .         .         .       She  ordered  the  exhausted        body 

JEsonis  proferri  ad       aras  :  et  porrejit      resolutum 

of  ./Eson        to-be-carried  to  the  altars:     and  extended  (it)  relaxed 

953  carmine      in     plenos     somnos,     similem 

by  (her)  incantation      into         deep  sleeps,  like 

exanimi  in        stratis      herbis.  Jubet 

»  lifelssa        C  corpse),  upon  the  strewed  herbs.  She  order* 


LIBKR    SEPTIMUS.  249 

ire  procul  hinc,  ministroa 

the  son-of-^Eson     lo-go       far        bcnoe,  (arid  .-he.  orders  his)  attendants 

procul    hinc :     et        monet  reinovere 

(to  go)  tar  hence :      and  she  warns     (them)  to-withdraw  (their) 

profanes      oculos  arcanis.  Jus^i 

profane  eye§         'from  (her)  'secret         (rites).     (These)  ori 

diffugiunt.  Medea,         capillis  sparsia,   cir- 

Ik-e-in-ditl'erent- directions.          Medea,     (her)  hair         dishevelled,  runs- 

cuit         flagrantes  aras,          ritu  Bacchantum ; 

nround  the  flaming  altars,  in  the  manner   of  the    Bacchantes; 

que   tingit        nmltifidas     faces   in     atra    fossa     [ioo 

and         dips       the  manisplintered  torches     in    a  black       ditch 

sanguinis :     et     accendit         intinctas  in 

of  blood:  and          lights          the  dipped  (torches)  in  [at] 

geminis  aris  :  que  lustrat        senem  ter         flamma, 

the  double        altar;  :     and    lustrates  the  old-man  thrice  with  flame, 

ter          aqua,  ter          sulfure.     Interea       medicamen 

thrice  with  water,    thriee  with  sulphur.          Meantime  the  medicament 

positum         calido       ae'no       fervet,    et   exultat ;    que 

put  in  a  hot          l>razen-vi^?el     boils,       and    bounds-up;      and 

albet         tumentibus  spumis.     Illic          incoquit    [105 

whitens  with  swelling  I'milis.         There  she  boils-together 

radices    resectas          Hsemonifi   valle,   que  semina  et 

roots  gathered    in  the  Ilajnioniau       valley,     and         seeds      and 

llores  et  atros  succos.  Adjicit  lapides        petitos 

!|.<ui-rs    and  black       juices,  in       stones  [gems]  procured 

extremo    Oriente,     et    arenas    quas        refluuin 

in    list;    ri-n,  K:i.-t,  and        .-amis          which     the  refluent 

iu;trc:       Oceani  lavit.     Et       addit       pruinas  exceptat 

sea  [tide]  of  Ocean      \va.-hird.     And  she  commingled     frosts  gathered 

Luna,    pernocte,      et       infames    [no 

'hy  (the  light  of  the)  'Moon  dnring-'he-night,   and  the  ill-boding 


strigis,      cum  ipsis    carnibus,    que 

"ther  with    ;itsi   v-ry 

pr-)sc-ct:i         umbigui  lupi    soliti     mutare      ferinos 

liie  rntruils       i.f  an  aniliiguous    wull' aceurlouie.l   to-ehunge  (hi.s 

vultus     in  virum.       Nee  tenuig 

into  '.tin-  apjiearan  jo  i,t'  H)  limn.  Nor  'was  ths  thin 


-"•0  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

squamea     membrana  Cinyphii     chclydri     detuil 

scaly  slough  of  the  Cinyphian      water-snake     'wanting 

illis,  que      jecur         vivacis  cervi  ;     quibus     insuper 

to  these,  and  the  liver     of  a  long-lived     stag;     to  which    'she  moreover 

115]     addit       ora  que  caput         cornicis 

'adds     the  mouths  [bill]  and       head     of  a  crow         (that  had) 

passae  novem  saecula.      Postquam        barbara 

sustained  (a  life  of)  nine  ages.  After          the  barbaroui 

instrexit         munus  proposition  mortali 

(one)  bad-prepared  the  gift  [medicament]      intended       for  the  mortal 

his     et       mille       aliis     rebus     sine 

(body  of  JEson)  with    these     and     a  thousand     other       things   without 

nomine  ;       confudit  omnia  ramo         mitis 

a  name;          she  'stirred  all     'together  with  a  branch  of  the  tame 

olivae     jampridem     arenti,     que     immiscuit 

[cultivated]  olive  long-since  dry,  and  mixed 

120]          ima  summis.  Ecce 

the  undermost  with  the  uppermost  (ingredients).     (When)  lo 

vetus     stipes  versato  calido      ae'no 

the  old  stock         being-turned-round        in  the  hot          chaldron 

primo      fit      viridis  :    nee          longo   tempore    induit 

first          becomes       green  :         nor      in  a  long  time  'clothes 

frondem,  et        subito  oneratur          gravidis 

(itself)  with  leaves,  and  'is   suddenly     'loaded          with  lull  [ripe] 

olivis.     At   quacunque       ignis    ejecit   spumas 

olives.         But         wherever       the  tire          cast-forth      froth       from  the 

cavo       ae'no,       et         calentes     guttae     cecidere     in 

hollow       chaldron,       and    the  warm  drops  fell        upon 

125J          terram,        humus    vernat:     que    flores,     et 

the  earth,  the  ground         blooms  :          and      flowers,     and 


pabula  surgunt.  Quod  sinul  ac  Medea  vidit, 

•oft              grapes      spring-up.  Which    as-soon  as       Medea          saw, 

recludit       jugulum  senis            stricto    ense: 

she  opened         the   throat  of  the  old-man  with  a  drawn        sword  : 

que     passa          veterem  cruorum    exire,          replet 

and      having-lct    the  old  blood        flow-out,        replenishes 

succis.  Quos  postquam  JEson  com- 

ihu  veins)  'with  (new)  'juices.  Which     after-thai        JIMJII    IJMI.K 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  251 

ftibit,     acceptos  aut  ore,    aut          vulncrc-, 

uji,  having-'taken  (it)  'in  either  by  the  mouth,  or  by  the   wound, 

barba  que  comae,  caniti     posita,         rapuere    [130 

(his)  beard      ami       hair,      greyness  being-put-on,    quickly-take 

nigrum    colorern.     Macies    pulsa    fugit ;    que   pallo* 

a  glossy-black     colour.  Leanness    expelled      flees;         and    jmk'iie.-t 

que      situs      abeunt,    que        cavae    rugae   supplentur 

and     ghastliness      disappear,     and     the  hollow    wrinkles       are-supplied 

adjecto     corpore ;     que  membra     luxuriant. 

with    increased  body;  and      (bis)   limbs  swell. 

^Eson  miratur,  et  reminiscitur  se  olim 

.lv- 'ii        wonders,     and     calls-to-inind     (that  he)  himself  (was)  formerly 

hunc,  ante    quater   denos  annos.  [135 

(such  as)  this,        before  four-times      ten          years. 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  VII.  517—613.) 


DE8CRIPTIO  PESTI8. 

A    DESCRIPTION    OF   A    PLAQUE. 


ingemuit  ;    que    ita    locutus  (est)         tristi 

JEacus          groaned  ;          and      thus         spoke  with   sad 

voce  :  "  Quos          requiris         memori    mente, 

roice:         "(Those)  whom       thou   askest-for   with    mindful  mind, 

iacent   ossa   que   cinis  (piny.}  :   et   illi        peri£re      [5 

lie  bones     and       ashes  :  and  they  have-perished 

quota  pars     mearum  rerum  !  Dira  luea 

what  [how  small]  (a)  part   of  my  things  !  A  dreadful   pest 

incidit         populis         ira  iniquae  Junonis,  exosae 

lull  to  the  peoples     by  the  anger  of  the  unjust          Juno,  Latin;: 

terras  dictas     a       pellice.     Dum       maluir. 

die  lands       (JEginn)      called     from     a  harlot.  While   the   evil 

visum  'est)    mortale,    que       nocens    caussa         tantae 

mortal,          and  the  hurtful          cause     of  so  great 


cladis        latebat;  pugnatum-est  am 

calamity         did  lie-hid:          it    wax-fought    [opposed]          by    the    art 


252  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

10J       medendi.  Exitium  superabat       opes, 

of  curing.  The  destruction     did-surpass  the  aid  [remedies], 

quae       jacebat     victa.  Principio 

which      |    did-lic         couquered  [were  baffled].          In  the  beginning 

coelum     pressit         terras         spissa     caligine,     et 

the  heaven         oppressed     tlie   earths      with   thick  darkness,      and 

inclusit      ignavos  aestus       nubibus.     Que  dum      luna 

ehut-up      the  sluggish     beats     with    cloud?.  And    while  the  inoon 

implevit        orbem       coruibus  junctis  quatcr,    tenuata 

(her)    orb        with    horns  joined     four  times,  diminished 

15]    retcxuit       plenum  orbem  quater;  calidi      Austri 

opened      (her)    full  orb       four-times:       hot     South-winds 

spirarunt         letiferis   flatibus :     et      coustat     v'"tiuui 

blew  with    deadly  blasts:          aud  it  is-evident  vice 

venisse       in       fontes   que  in        lacus ;  quo 

[corruption]  to-havc-come  into  the  fountains  and  into  the  lakes;         and 

multa   millia        serpeutuui        errasse          per          in- 
many      thousands  of  serpents  t«-h;ive-wandered  through  the  un- 

cultos      agros,     atque    temerasse         fluvios  suis 

cultivated      fields,  and      to-have-polluted  the  rivers         with    their 

20]    venenis.  Potentia  subiti    morbi      de- 

poisons.  The  power  of  the   sudden      disease  was-de- 

prensa-est       primo  strage  canum,        que 

tected  at    first         by    the   destruction       of  dogs,  and 

volucrum,  que    ovium,  que    boiim,  que  in  feris. 

ol  birds,  and  of  sheep,       and  of  oxen,         and    in  the  wild-beasts. 

Infelix  arator       miratur          validos    tauros 

The   unfortunate        ploughman        wonders        the   powerful          bulls 

concidere  inter  opus,  que  recuinbere          medio 

to-fall  between  [during]  work,     and     to-lie-down     in  the  middle 

sulco.      Que       lanse    cadunt        sua      sponte 

furrow.          And   the  wools          fall       by   their-own    accord    from    the 

lanigeris    gregibus,  dantibus  segros  balatus,  et 

wool-bearing         flocks,  giving  faint       bleating?,  and  (theirj 

25]    corpora  tabent.  Equus,  quondam  acer,  que 

bodies         waste-away.     The  horse,  once  swift,      and 

magnse    famce    in       pulvm-.  degenerat 

ol    great  fam«        i»    ti.e    dust    [the   course],       degenerates     (bis. 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  253 

paliuae ;  que  cblitus      veterum  honorum,  gemit 

palms    [victories];     and     forgetful   of  old  honours,         groans 

ad  praesepe,  moriturus     inerti  morbo.  Apci 

to  [at]  the  stable,  about-to-die  l>y  slugi;is-h  disease.     The  wild-boa* 

aeminit  non       irasci ;         cerva     non         fidere 

has-remembered       not         to-be-angry:  thf  deer  not         to    trust 

cursu  ;  nee       ursi  incurrere       fortibus  armentis. 

in  the  course ;      nor  the  bears     tu-attack      the  strong  herds 

Languor     habet  omnia ;  que     foeda    [30 

Languor  baa  [possesses]          all       (things);  and  foul 

corpora  jacent          silvis,  que         agris,  que          viis: 

bodies  lie      in  the  woods,       mid  in  the  fields,     and  in  the  ways : 

aurae   vitantur          odoribus.         Loquor         mira : 

the   airs         are-corrupted  with  odours.  I   speak  wonderful 

non  canes   ve  avidae  volucres,  non  cani  lupi, 

(things):  not        dogs       or       greedy         birds,  not      hoary  wolves, 

tetige>e     ilia ;  dilapsa  liquescunt ; 

touched  those  (carcases);  having-glided-away     they-become-liquid; 

que    nocent  afflatu,    et    agunt  contagia 

and  hurt       by    (their)    blast,          and       act    [spread]     contagions 

late.  Pestis    pervenit    ad  miseros    [35 

widely.     The   plague  arrives          to    [among]    the    wretched 

colonos  graviore      damno,     et     dominatur     in 

husbandmen   with    heavier  loss,  and  rules  in 

moenibus  magnae     urbis.       Primo        viscera 

the  \\-.i\\f  of  the   great  city.  At-first     the   bowels 

torrentur,    que    fatiscunt  flammis.      Rubor,      et 

»re-houtc<l,  and       burst-open  in  the  flames.  Redness,      and 

jinliclitus  ductus  igrii,  est  indicium 

lb.3    breath  led  [drawn]  with  fire,         is     the  (first)    token 

aspera    lingua   tumet ;    que          ora 

(of  the  infection) ;  the  rough          tongue        swells ;         and  the  > 

patent   arentia        tepidis    ventis :    que      graves    [40 

are-open      parched  with   wuriu  winds:        and    the      hoiivy 

auraj  captantur         hiatu.  Non  pobsunt 

[infectious]  airs      are-caught-at  with  gaping.    They  'are  not  'able 

pad        stratum,    non    ulla    vchunina :    sed         ponunt 

V>  MI  nut        .inv          C'jveriugs :         but     they    placv 


254  OVIDIl    METAMORPH. 

dura    praecordia  in       terra; 

(their)    |   hard          praecordia   [parts  about  the  hoart]     on  the  cartb; 

nec          corpus   fit   gelidum  humo,  sed       hurnua 

nor    is  the  body         made         cold      by  the  ground,     but  the  g.-ound 

fervet  de       corpore.     Nec       moderator  adest; 

is-hot      from  the  body.  Nor  'is  a  director    [physician]    'present ; 

45]    que       saeva  clades   erumpit   in  ipsos  medentes ; 

and     the  cruel     calamity  breaks-forth  upon  them  curing ; 

que       artes    obsunt  auctoribus.  Quo 

and     the  arts  injure     to   the   authors    [professors].     By-how-much 

quisque  est  propior,  que  servit     fidelius  aegro, 

each  is        nearer,         and       serves     more-faithfully     to    a     sick 

venit     citius        in      partem         leti.       Que 

'person),  he  comes  more-quickly   into  a  part  [share]  of  death.         And 

ut      spes      salutis      abiit,      que         vident       finem 

when     hope     of  safety       has-departed,    and     they  see          the    end 

morbi   in   funere,  indulgent  animis ; 

of  disease      in       funeral   [death],    they   indulge  (their)    minds; 

50]    et     est     nulla    cura,    quid  utile.      Enim 

and  there-is      no          care,       what    (may  be)  useful.  Truly 

nihil    est  utile.     Passim,  que  pudore     posito, 

nothing     is      useful.     Every-where,  and      shame     being-placed  (aside). 

haerent          fontibus,  et          fluviis,  que         capa- 

Uiey  adhere      to  the  fountains,     and  to  the  rivers,         and  to  the  cupa 

cibus    puteis:    nec    sitis      extincta-est  bibendo, 

cious  wells :          nor      thirst       was-extinguished      by   drinking, 

prius-quam   vita.  Inde   multi   graves 

before-that  life     (was  extinct).     Thence     many          heavy    [sick] 

nequeunt  consurgere,  et  immoriuntur      aquis       ipsis  : 

are-unable  to-rise,         and  die-in         the  waters  themselves: 

55]    tamen   aliquis    et   haurit  illas.     Que   tanta 

yet  some-one   also     draws  [drinks]  them.        And    ao-gre;it 

sunt        tsedia  (pi-)  invisi    lecti  miseris, 

are         the   wearinesses        of  the   hateful       bed      to  (them)  vu  etched, 

prosiliunt ;  aut,  si  vires  prohibent  consiatere. 

they  leap-forward;      or,     if  (their)  strengths      hinder  u  stand, 

devolvunt         corpora  in       humum,  que      fugiunt 

'.Ley  roll-down       (their)  bodies      upon  the  ground,        and  they  >  a- 


LIBER    SEPTIMUS.  266 

[uisque  suos        penates :  sua    domus  videtur 

each  their-own  household-gods  [homes]  :  his-own    house          seems 

funesta      cuique :    et,    quia       caussa    latet,        locus 

fatal  to   each:  and,  because  the  can- •  lies-hid,    the   place 

est  in  crimine.  Adspiceres       semi-    [60 

is      |  in         crime       [in  fault],     Thou  mightest-perceive  the  half- 

animes      errare  motis    viis,     dum  valebant 

dead  to  wander     in  the  known     ways,      while       they  were-ablo 

stare;    alios  flentes,  que  jacentes  terree,  que 

to-stand;  others    weeping,     and          lying       to  [on]  the  earth,        and 

versantes          lassa  lumina  supremo      mortu; 

revolving       (their)  weary       lights  [eyes]  with  last  movement; 

que       tendunt         membra  ad      sidera         pendentis 

and  they  stretch      (their)  limbs  to  the  stars      of  the  hanging 

cceli,    exhalantes    hie         illic,  ubi  mors  depre"nderat 

heaven,         expiring          here  (and)  there,  where  death         '     bad-seized 

Quid     animi  fuit  tune     mihi?    aut   quod    [65 

(them).     What  of  mind        was      then  to  me?  or         what 

debuit   esse,    ut         odissem         vitam,    et      cuperem 

ought          to-be,    that  I  shouKl-huvc-hated       life,         and  should-desire 

esse   pars     meorum  ?  Quocunque       acies 

to-be       part  of  my  (countrymen)?  Wherever    the  glance 

oculorum    flexerat      se,      illic        vulgus       erat 

of  the  eyes  bad-turned     itself,       there     the  commonalty     was 

stratum;    veluti   cum    putria   poma   cadunt         motis 

strewed;  as          when       rotten        apples          fell       from  moved 

ramis,  que  glandes  agitata        ilice.    [70 

[shaken]  branches,  and       acorns     from  the  agitated     scarlet-oak. 

Vides        templa  (pi.}         contra,          sublimia 

Thou  .-t-e.-t         the  temples  on-the-other-side,  loiiv 

longis  gradibus.     Jupiter  tenet  ilia.         Quis  tulit 

with  long  steps.  Jupiter      holds     them  [it].     Who       bore 

non    irrita    tura        illis    altaribus  ?      Quoties     dum 

not         useless    incenses  to  those  altars  ?  How-often      while 

conjux    dixit    precantia    verba    pro  conjuge, 

the  husband        said  prayiin:          wurds         for     (his)    wife, 

genitor  pro       gnato,       finivit  aniraam  in  aris 

lh»  father          for   the  ton,         he  hai-ended         life        in  [ut]  the  altar* 

17 


256  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

75]    non  exoratis ;  que     pars  turis 

not  persuaded-by-entreaty ;         and        part      of  the  incense 

reperta-est  inconsumta  in       manu !     Quoties       tauri 

has-been-found     unconsumed       in  the  hand!          How-often     the  bulls 

admoti  templis,  dum       sacerdus  con- 

moved-to  [brought  near]        the  temples,      while  the  priest  con- 

cipit  vota,     et     fundit     purum    vinum     inter 

ceives  [performs]  vows,       and       pours  pure  wine      between 

cornua,    ceciderunt   baud  expectato    vulnere ! 

the  horns,  have-fallen          not       by  an  unexpected  wound! 

Cum    ego-ipse    facerem     sacra  Jovi     pro       me, 

When       I-myself       might-do     sacred-rights   to   Jupiter    for       myself, 

80]    que         patriot  que  tribus  natis,       victima  edidit 

and   (my)    country     and       three        sons,     the  victim         uttered 

diros     mugitus,     et      collapsa      subito      sine       ullis 

dreadful      lowings,        and     having-fallen     suddenly     without          any 

ictibus  tinxit       cultros  subjectos         exiguo  sanguine. 

blows          dyed     the  knives       plaoed-under  with  little  blood. 

Quoque       segra   fibra  prodiderat       notas 

Also  the  sick          fibre  (of  the  victim)          bad-lost        the  marks 

veri  que        monitus  deorum :    tristes 

of  the   true   (thing)     and     the  warnings     of  the  gods:  sad 

85]    morbi  penetrant  ad       viscera.       Vidi     cadavera 

diseases      penetrate       to  the  bowels.  I  have-seen       corpses 

projecta     ante        sacros     postes :  ante 

cast  before     the  sacred        door-posts   (of  the   temple) :   before 

aras     ipsas,  quo       mors     foret     invidiosior. 

the  altars    themselves,      in-order-that  death       might-be     more-envious. 

Pars    claudunt    animam  laqueo,    que         fugant 

Part  close  life        with  a  noose,  and       put-to  -flight 

timorem       mortis       morte ;    que      ultro      vocant 

the  fear  of  death         by   death;          and       willingly  call 

venientia  fata.     Corpora  missa      neci       feruntur 

the  coming  fates.  Bodies          sent    to   death    are  borne 

9O]          nullis   funeribus    de  more ;    enim   neque 

with  no  funerals       after  (the)  custom;         for        neither 

port*        capiebant        funera.         Aut    inhumata 

the  gates         did   take  the   funerals.  Either  uoburied 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  257 

premunt       terras,    aut       dantur   indotata 

•hey  press  the  earths,         or     are  given          unendowed    [without 

in    altos       rogos.  Et    jam     est     nulla 

obsequies]  upon      high       funeral-piles.          And      now   there-is          no 

reverentia ;    que        pugnant         de  rogis,       que 

rc.'peet;  and  they  fight  concerning  funeral-piles,      and 

ardent      ignibus         alienis.  Qui  lacri- 

they  burn          in  fires  belonging-to-others.  |  (Those)  who        iiay- 

ment  desunt,    que       animie      natarum    que 

weep      [mourner*]     are-absent,     and  the  souls          of  daughters        and 

matrum,     que      juvenum,    que      senum,    vagantur 

of  mothers,  and     of  youths,  and   of  old-men,  wander 

indefletae.      Nee    locus  sufficit  in  tumulos,  nee  arbor 

unwept.  Neither    place      suffices  unto       tombs,       nor          tree 

in     ignes. 

unto      fires. 


FAB.  IV.     (Metam.  Lib.  VIL  614—657.) 

FORMICA   VER8J3      IN      HOMINES. 
ANTS        TURNED    INTO          MEN. 

Attonitus     tanto     turbine  miserarum 

Astonished     by-so-great   whirlwind  [confusion]         of  wretched 

rerum,     dixi,   "  0  Jupiter,  si  loquuntur         non 

things,       I  said,       "0         Jupiter,       if    (men)    speak    [relate]         not 

falsa  dicta  te        isse         sub         amplcxus     Asopidos 

false     sayings  thee  to  have-gone  under   the   embraces       of  Asopian 

,  nee     pudet  te,  magne  pater,  esse      parentem 

nor  it  shames  thee,     great      father,     to-be  the  parent 

nostri,     aut     redde        mihi     meos  aut 

cf  us    [me],    either      restore       to   me  my       (countrymen/,         or 

sonde      me  quoque         sepulcro."     Ille  dedit     notarn 

bide  [buryj  me         also     in  the  tomb."  He      gave     u  sign 

fulgore,  que      secundo  tonitru.        "Accipio,"      [5 

by  lightning,     and  by  favourable      thunder.        "I   receive," 

dixi,  "  que     precor  ista        sint  felicia     signa     tuae 

[   laid,        "  and   I    pray          those  may  be     fortunate       signs     of  thy 


258  OViUii    MifiTAMOKPH. 

mentis;      pigneror  omon,    quod        das      miM." 

mind;  I  take-as-pledge  the  token,       which  thou  givest  to  me." 

Forte  quercus  fuit  juxta,    de  Dodonaeo  semine, 

By-chance    an  oak  was        near,      from    Dodonaean  seed, 

sacra      Jovi,     rarissima         patulis    ramis.     Hie  nos 

sacred     to  Jupiter,      most  rare     with  spreading  branches.     Here       we 

1O]    adspeximus  longo  agmine       frugilegas     formicas 

beheld  in    long         train       the  fruit-collecting  ants 

g   entes  grande    onus         exiguo    ore,    que  servantes 

...jrying  great      burthen  with  small       mouth,   and  keeping 

suum      callem          rugoso   cortice.     Dum          miror 

their-own       path       in  the  rough  bark.  While      I  wonder-at 

numerum,     dixi,     "  Optime    pater,    da    tu      mihi 

the   number,  I  said,  "  Best  father,       give  thou  to  me 

totidem   cives ;    et  reple        inania  moenia."         Alta 

as-many       citizens;    and   fill-up  (my)  empty         walls."  The   high 

quercus     intremuit,     que         ramis         motis         sine 

oak  trembled,  and     the  branches     being-moved   without 

16]       flamine,  dedit     sonum.         Membra  horruerant 

a  blast,  gave    a  sound.         The  limbs  had-shivered 

mihi          pavido    timore,    que          comae    stabant. 

to   me          with  timid  fear,          and     (my)   hairs  did-stand 

Tamen         dedi     oscula  terrse,     que 

(upright).  Yet  I  gave        kisses         to  the  earth,  and 

reboribus ;    nee      fatebar          me  sperare ; 

to   the   oaks;  nor       did-I-confess        myself        to   hope; 

tamen    sperabam  ;  atque     fovebam  mea  vota     animo. 

yet          I  did-hope;  and      I  did-cberish     my    wishes  in  mind. 

Nox     subit;     et    somnus    occupat    corpora    exercita 

Night    eomes-on;  and        sleep          possesses          bodies  harassed 

2O]         curis.         Eadem    quercus    visa-est        adesse 

by  cares.       The   same  oak  seemed     to-be-present 

mihi  ante         oculos,  que  ferre  totidem  animalia 

I    me        before  (my)  eyes,          and    to-bear    as-many     animals  [ants] 

suis    ramis,    que   tremiscere          parili   motu,    que 

on  its          branches,     and         to-tremble         with  equal      motion,      and 

spargere       graniferum    agmen    in       arvis    subjectis : 

to-scatter      the  grain-bearing         iroop        iu    the  fields         laid-under; 


LIBER    SEPTIMUS.  259 

quod  crescere    subitd,    et    videri    majus    que 

which    (seemed)    to-increase     suddenly,   and    to-seero      greater        and 

majus,  ac  tollere     se  humo,  que  assistere    [25 

greater,    and   to-raise     itself  from  the  ground,     and  to-stand-near 

recto   trunco,    et   ponere  maciem,  que 

to   the   upright      trunk,       and      to-put     (aside)    (its)    leanness,        and 

numerum     pedum ;  et  inducere         humanam  formam 

number          of  feet ;  and    to-put-on      the  human  form 

membris.       Somnus     abit.       Vigilans     damno  mea 

to   limbs.  Sleep         departed.         Awake       I  condemn      my 

visa,  que  queror  nihil      opis  esse  in       superis.      At 

visions,  and   complain  nothing  of  aid      to-be     in  the  gods-above.     But 

ingens  murmur  erat  in       aedibus,  que     videbar    [30 

a  great  noise          was    in  the  houses,         and     I   did-seem 

exaudire        voces       hominum,  jam    desuetas      mihi, 

to-hear  the   voices      of  men,  now         unusual      to   me, 

dum     suspicor  haec  quoque  somni,    ecce 

while     I  suspect        these        also       (to  be  visions)  of  sleep,        behold 

Telamon     venit      properus,      que        foribus 

(my   son)   Telamon  comes  hasty,  and     the    doors 

reclusis,      dixit,  '•  Pater,  egredere,         videbis 

being-opened,     said,       "Father,       come-out,      thou   shah-see    (things) 

majora  que         spe   que         fide."         Egredior;  que 

greater        both  than  hope     and  than    faith."  I  go-out;  and 

adspicio  que   agnosco   tales  viros   ex-ordine  quales 

I  behold  and      recognize       such         men        in-order  ui 

visus-eram      vidisse      in        imagine        somni.    [35 

I  had-seemed         to-have-seen      in     the   image  of  sleep. 

Adeuut,  que  salutant  regem.       Solvo 

They  approach    (me),     and         salute      (me  their)  king.  I  pay 

vota       Jovi,     que      partior      urbem  recentibus 

TOWS      to  Jupiter,     and       I  divide       the  city  to  the  new 

populis,    et        agros  vacuos  priscis  cultoribus, 

peoples,         and  the  fields          void       from  [of]  ancient  tillers, 

que     voco          myrmidonas,  nee     fraudo          nomina 

and     I  call      (them)  myrmidons,  nor     do-I-deprive  the  names 

origine.  Vidisti  corpora.       Nunc    [40 

from  the  origin.         Thou  bast-seen  (their)  bodit.-,-.  Now 


lir.O  OVIDIT    METAMORPH. 

quoque         habent        mores   quos         gerebant   ante, 

also  they  have          the  manners   which  they  did-bear          before, 

quc  parcum   genus,  que  patiens      laborum, 

and     (they  are)  a  frugal  race,         and       patient       of  labours, 

que     tenax  quaesiti,     et     qui     reservent 

nnd       tenacious      of  (the  thing)  obtained,       and      who          may-keep 

quaesita. 

the  (things)  obtained. 


FAB.  V.     (Metam.  Lib.  VII.  671—865.) 

DE  CEPHALO      ET    PROCRIDE. 

CONCERNING     CEPHALUS    AND    PROCRIS. 

Cephalus,  et         simul  creati         Pallante, 

Cephalus,       and  at-the-same-time  (those)  born       from  Pallas, 

conveniunt   ad        regem.       Sec    altus 

(Clytus    and   Butes),  assemble  to     the  king.  But        deep 

sopor      adhuc      habebat  regem.       Phocus 

sleep  as-yet  did-have    [possess]     the  king.  Phocua 

JEacides       excipit  illos  in       limine  ;  nam  Telamon 

the  son-of-JSacus      receives    them    in  the  threshold ;     for          Telamon 

que         frater         legebant  viros  ad  bella. 

and     (his)  brother    (did)    collect    [were-collecting]     men       to        wars. 

Phocus    ducit        Cecropidas    in        interius    spatium 

Phocus  leads     the  Athenians  into  the  inner  space 

que  pulcbros   recessus ;    cum  quis         simul  ipse 

and         beautiful         recesses;         with     whom    at-the-same  time  himself 

5]     resedit.         Adspicit  JEoliden  ferre  in 

iat-down.      He  perceives          .JSolian    [Ceph.alus]     to    bear       in 

inanu      jaculum     factum       ex  ignota     arbore; 

hand        a  dart  made  out-of        an  unknown  tree; 

cuspis       cujus   fuit   aurea.      Ille     locutus     prius 

the  point          of  which       was      golden.          He     having-spoken    befora 

pauca  mediis    sermonibus,    ait,      "  Sum 

a  few          (words)  in  the  middle  discourses,          said,     "  I  am 

Btudiosus  nemorum,      que  csedis 

Itudious     [f>nd]         of   the   groves,  aud  of  the    slaughter 


LIBER    SEPTIMUS.  261 

ferinae :  tamen     dubito  jamdudum     e     qua 

relating-to-wild-beasts :         yet       I   doubt          long-since       cut  of  what 

silva          tencas  hastile     recisum.      Certe,    [io 

wood      thou    mayest-hold  the  spear-staff  cut.  Certainly, 

si   esset    fraxinus,   foret  fulva   colore:  si 

if      it   might-be    an    ash,  it    would-be  yellow     in    colour:         if 

cornus,       nodus       inesset.  Ignore  undo 

•  cornel,  a  knot  would-be-in  (it).     I  am-ignoraut        when  -e 

sit ;     sed  nostri  oculi          non  viderunt    jaculabile 

it  may-be ;  but         our          eyes     have  not  seen         a  missile 

telum  formosius         isto."         Alter          e         Actseis 

weapon  more- beautiful  than  that."      The  other  (one)  out-of  the  Athenian 

fratribus  excipit :  et  dixit,  "  Mirabere         usuua 

brothers  replies :       aud     said,        "  Thou  wilt-admire       the  use 

majorem  specie   in    isto.         Consequitur,    [15 

greater  than  the  beauty       in      that.         It  reaches, 

quodcunque     petit;  quc    Fortuna    regit    non 

whatever  it  seeks  [aims-at] ;       aud         Fortune  rules         not 

missum ;         et      revolat,    cruentuin,    nullo 

(it)    sent  [thrown] :    and  it  flies-back,  bloody,  no      (person) 

referente."  Vero    turn        Nereius    juvenis 

'bringing  (it)  "back."       But          then     the  Nereian  youth 

quacrit  omnia:  cur,     et     unde, 

(Phocu.«)     seeks    [inquires]  all  (things):     why,      and    whence, 

datum-sit;  quis      auctor     tanti     muneris.    [20 

it  may-have-been-given;  who  the  author    of  so-great  a  gift. 

Ille   refert,  quae      petit,         sed     silet, 

He         relates    (the  things),  which  be  seeks  [asks],  but     is-.-ilent  (as  to 

quae      est     pudori  narrare,      qua  inercede 

(the  things)    which     it  is      a  shame         to-relatv,    by  what  hire 

tulerit:  que    tactus        dolore 

he  may-liiivc-bunic   [received  it]:  and      touched     by  grief          of  (hi.-! 

amissae      conjugis,  ita         fatur  lacrimls 

l'->t  wife  (I'rucrio.i,     tlnus      he  speaks     with  tears 

obortis:  "Nate          dea,     hoc     telum 

Imving-arisen :         "(0    Plmcus,)    born     i'roui  :i  -'»ML'.^,  this       weapon 

facit    me      flere,    (quis      possit      credere  ? )         que 

makes      me     to  weep,         (who      inay-be-able       to-l>clicvu     (it)?)  and 


262  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

25]    faciet        diu ;        si       fata     dederint        nobis 

will-make  a-long-time ;    if  the  fates  shall-have-given  to  us     (me, 

vivere     diu.  Hoc    perdidit    me    cum          card 

to  live          a  long-time.     This        destroyed       me       with     (my)   dear 

conjuge:       utinam     caruissem  hoc    munere 

wife;  oh  that  I  might-have-been-without     this  gift 

semper !     Procris   erat       soror  raptae    Orithyi'ae 

always !  Procris        was   the  sister      of  the  seized  OrithyTa 

(si     forte     Oritbyia   pervenit   magis  ad  tuas  aures): 

(if    by-chance      Orithyia       has  arrived       more       to       thy  ears): 

si         velis  conferre        faciem     que          mores 

if    thou  mayest-wi§h  to  compare        the  face  and       the  manners 

30]  duarum ;        ipsa          dignior  rupi. 

of  the   two;  herself         more-worthy          to-be-seited. 

Pater,    Erechtheus,  junxit    hanc       mihi :    Amor 

(Her)  father,  Erechtheus,        joined         her       to   me:  Love 

junxit    hanc      mihi.           Dicebar  que      eram 

joined  her       to   me.  I    was-said       (to   be)      and     I    was 

felix :          visum-est         non    ita  dis ;    ac    mine 

happy:         it  seemed          (fit)      not        so    to  the  gods;      and        now 

quoque   forsitan     essem.  Alter  mensis 

also  perhaps      I  might-be  (happy).     Another  [second]      month 

post         jugalia      pacta      agebatur ;  ciun, 

after      the   conjugal      agreements      was-acting  [was  begun];         when, 

35]         tenebris  pulsis,        lutea    Aurora    videt 

the   darknesses     being  driven-away,    yellow       Aurora  sees 

me          mane          tendentem     retia  cornigeris 

me        in-the-morning          stretching  nets       for  the  horn-bearing 

cervis     de  surnmo    vertice        Hymetti     semper 

stags  from       the   highest  top  of   Hymettus  always 

florentis,  que  rapit         invitum.         Liceat  mihi 

flourishing,     and-     seizes  (me)  unwilling.     May-it-be-allowed    to  me 

referre    vera  pace  deae, 

to-relate        true     (things)  with  the  peace  [permission]  of  the  goddess, 

quod         sit      spectabilis         roseo         ore,          qu6d 

because  she  may-bs  remarkable      with  rosy          countenance,     because 

40]        teneat        continia     lucis,        teneat 

ihe  may-hold  the  confines     of  light   (and;  may-hold  (the  confines) 


LIBER    SEPTIMUS.  26S 

noctis,  quod        alatur  nectareis  aquis ;  ego 

of  night,     because  she  inay-be-nourishetl  with  nectareau      waters;          1 

amabam  Procrin  :  Procris  erat  pectore,  Procria 

did-love  Procris:         Procris       was   in    (my)    brea.'t.  Procris 

semper     mihi  in  ore ;  que  referebam      prima  foedera 

always      to  me         in    mouth ;  and  I  did-relate       the    first       covenant! 

deserti    lecti."      .      .      .  Dea     mota-est; 

jf  the  deserted         bed."  .         .         .  The  goddess    wag-moved ; 

et  dixit,  "  Siste  tuas  querelas,  ingrate  :           habc    [45 

Hixl  said,         ''Stop       thy     complaints,    ungrateful  (man):   have 

Procrin.     Quod-si  mea  mens  est  provida :  voles 

Procris.  But  if        my       mind       is       foreseeing :    thou  wilt-wish 

non      habuisse:"          que    irata       remisit   me      illi. 

not      to    have-had         (her) :"  and      angry  she  sent-hack     me     to  her. 

Dum     redeo :    que    retracto  cum     me  me- 

While     I  return :       and      reconsider     with      myself  (the  things)  men- 

morata  deae ;  metua  coepit  esse,  ne         conjux 

tioned       to  [by]  the  goddess;  fear        began     to-be,  lest  (my)  wife 

serv&sset      non  bene      jugalia  jura.     Que         facies 

might-have-kept  not      well     the  conjugal     rights.       And  (her)  face 

que    aetas    jubebant  credere       adul-    [50 

>nd          age          did-order    [induce]    (me)     to-believe   the    adul- 

terium :          mores      prohibebant      credere.          Sed 

tery :  (her)  manners  did-hinder  to-believe    (it).         But 

taraen      abfueram :       sed     et  liaec,  unde 

yet  I   had-been-absent :    but       and  [even]  tbis  (Aurora),   whence 

yedibam,  erat     exemplum     criminis :  sed       amantia 

I  did-return,     was  an  example          of  crime :  but  (we)  loving 

timemus  cuncta.  Statuo  quaerere  quo 

fear  all       (things).     I  decide  to-seek     (that)   by  which 

doleam :    que       sollicitare    pudicam    fidem       donis. 

I  may-grieve :  and       to  solicit  chaste  faith      by  gifts. 

Aurora  favet  huic  timori ;    que   immutat  meam    ^55 

Aurora        favours     this          fear;          and         changes  mj 

figuram     (vide<>r      sensisse).  Ineo    Palladias 

figure          (I    setni         to-have-perceived  (it)).     I  enter  Palladian 

Athenas,    non    cognoscendus ;  que 

Athenf,  not  to-be-known  [in  a  form  unknown];  and 


264  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

ingredior  domum.  Dornus    ipsa    carebat 

I  enter  (my  own)  house.  The  house          itself  was-without 

culpa  (dbl.} ;   cjue   dabat  casta   signa ;    que   crat   anxia 

fault;  and     did-give  chaste       signs;         ;md     was      anxious 

rapto    domino.  Vix      aditus         factua 

for    (its)    seizeil  lord    [master].     Scarcely       access    (was)    made 

60]    per         mille    dolos   ad       Erecthida.  Ut 

through  a  thousand  deceits      to  the  Erecthian  [Procris].       When 

vidi,      obstupui ;      que   pene      reliqui        meditate 

I  saw,       I  was-asiouishcd ;     and     almost     I  left  the    meditated 

tentamenta        fide  [fidei] :       continui       me       male, 

trials  of  faith :  I   restrained        myself        badly, 

quin     faterer         vera;  male 

[scarcely],   not   that      I  might-confess      true    (things);  badly  [scarcely] 

quin          ferrem      oscula,    ut        oportuit.  Erat 

that-not      I   might-bear      kisses,         as       it   behoved.  She    was 

tristis  ;  sed  tamen  nulla  potest  esse     formosior 

Bad;  but        yet          no       (woman)     is-able     to-be    more-beautiful 

65]  ilia    tristi :     que           calebat  desiderio 

than    she          sad :          and         she  was-warm    with    desire 

conjugis  abrepti.       Tu  collige,  Phoce, 

of  (her)  husband     carried-away.      Thou     collect  [imagine],    0    Phocus, 

qualis         decor      fuerit       in  ilia ;    quam  dolor  ipse 

what-sort-of     beauty  may-have-been  in     her;         which       grief      itself 

sic     decebat.       Quid          referam,    quoties         pudici 

thus    did-become.       What  [why]  shall-I-relate,  how-often    (her)    chaste 

mores        repulerint        nostra      tentamina?      quoties 

manners     may-have-repulsed          our  trials  ?  how-often 

dixerit,          Ego    server        uni,  ubicunque 

its  may-have-said,        I         am-kept     to   one       (alone),  wherever 

70]        est ;     servo  mea  gaudia  uni.  Cui 

he  is;      I   keep       my        joys       to  [for]  one  (alone).     To  what 

gano  ista   experientia     fide  [fidei]      foret 

•ound  [sensible]  (man)  that  trial  of  faith  would-be 

non  magna  satis?         Sum  non  contentus,  et     pugno 

not         great      enough?       I   am          not      contented,      and  I  fight 

in       mea       vulnera.  Dum      paciscor       me 

unto     my-own          wounds    [sorrow].          While      I    bargain         my««lf 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  2t)5 

dare      census  pro       nocte ;     que         augendo 

to-give        incomes    [riches]     for       a   night;  and       by   increasing 

munera  tandem     coegi       dubitare.      .      .      .    [75 

the    gifts  at-length     I  forced    to   doubt.  .         .         . 

Ilia  nihil ;     tantummodo      victa  tacito 

She     (answered)     nothing;  only  conquered         by   silent 

dolore       fugit       insidiosa  limina  cum         malo    con- 
grief        she   fled      the   crafty          thresholds   with  (her)  wicked      hus- 

juge;    que          perosa          omne       genus      virorum 

band;  and      thoroughly-hating         all       the   race         of  men 

offensa     mei,       errabat  montibus,    operata 

by  the  offence      of  me,     she  did-wander  in  the  mountains,       employed 

studiis      Dianae.       Turn     violentior     ignis    [80 

in   the   pursuits     of  Diana.  Then     a  more-violent  fire 

pervenit  ad       ossa      rnihi  deserto ;     orabam  veniam ; 

arrives          to    the  hones  to  me          forsaken;     I  did-beg          pardon; 

et       fatebar         peccasse ;         et      me  potuisse 

and   I    did-confess    to    have-sinned;          and     myself  to  have-beeu-able 

succumbere         simili     culpae     quoque,     muneribus 

to   yield  to   a   like  fault  also,  gifts 

datis ;  si       tanta     munera     darentur.          Prius 

being-given ;       if         so-great          gifts         might-be-giren.  Before 

ulta  laesum     pudorem          redditur    [85 

having-avenged      (her)    injured  chastity          she-is-restored 

mihi     confesso     hoc,   et    exigit  dulces   annos   con- 
to   me      having-confessed  this,     and    spends       sweet          years        con- 

corditer.     Prsetereti,  tanqu&m       dedisset  parva 

cordtintly.  Besides,  as-if         she   might- have-given       small 

dona,        dat      mihi     canem         munus ;    quern   cuuz. 

gifts,      she   gives  to  me       a   dog          (as)  a  gift;  which      when 

sua    Cynthia  traderet  illi,         dixerat, 

her  Cynthia    [Diana]  might-deliver       to    her,     she   bad-said, 

"  Superabit  omnes      currendo."         Simul          et 

"It    will-.--urp:i-.-  all         in    running."  At-tho-same-time    aUo 

dat      jaculum,     quod  (cernis)  habemus 

•he  gives     a   <lurt,  which      (thou    perceived)      we   bare 

manibus.         Requiris     qua     sit  fortuna    [90 

In    bands.  I>ost-thou-uik     what     may-be    the    forluu* 


266  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

alterius  muneris  ?     Accipe  :  movebere 

of  the   other  gift  ?  Receive  [hear]  :    thou  wilt-be-moved 

novitate  fact!       mirandi. 

by   the   novelty       of  the    deed      to-be-wondered  at 

La'iades     solverat  carmina  nou   intel- 

((Edipus)  gon-of-Laius     bad-loosed  [solved]       verses        not      under- 

lecta  ingeniis        priorum  ;  et  obscura 

itood     by   the   abilities        of  former          (men)  ;    and      |  the   obscure 

vates,  immemor     suarum  ambagum, 

prophetess  [the  Sphinx],  unmindful    of  ber-own         windings    [riddles], 

95]    jacebat   praecipitata.      Scilicet      alma      Themis 

did-lie  precipitated.  Truly         bounteous         Themis 

liquit       non     talia  inulta.       Protiniia 

[Justice]  leaves  not        such    (things)     unrevenged.     Immediately 

altera   pestis   immissa-est      Aoniis   Thebia  ;    et  multi 

another      plague        was-sent-on     to    Baaotian       Thebes  :       and     many 

rurigenae     pavere        feram      que        suo  exitio 

countrymen          feared      the  wild-beast    both     to  their-own  destruction 

que  pecorum.  Vicina       juventus 

and  (that)  of  (their)  cattle.  (We)  the  neighbouring  youth 

venimus  ;     et        cinxitnus        latos    agros  inda- 

came  ;  and  we  surrounded    the    wide          field   with  a  series-of- 

100]  gine.      Ilia    velox     superabat          retia         levi 

toils.  It          swift         did-pass-over      the    new     with   light 

saltu;    que   transibat       summa  Una 

leap;          and     did-go-over   the   highest    (tops    of)    the   flaxes    [ropes] 

positarum     plagarum.  Copula     detrahitur 

of  the   placed  nets.  The   couple  is-withdrawn 


,   quos   sequentes   ilia   effugit,   et  ludit 

from   the   dogs,  whom        following        she      escapes,     and    sports 

non   secius  volucri    alite.     Et  ipse   poscor 

not       otherwise  than  a  swift  bird.        And  'I  (my-jself  'am-asked 

meum  Laelapa         magno    consensu.       Hoc 

mJ          (dog)      Lwlaps     with   great  agreement.  This    (was) 

105]        nomen          muneris.     Jamdudum  ipse  pugnat 

the  name       of  the  gift.  Long-ago        itself         fights 

exuere         vincula         sibi,  que  tendit  morantia 

to-put-off    the    bonds       from    itself,     and   stretches    ahem.1    delaying 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  267 

collo.  Erat     vix     bene    missus ;  nee 

to   (his)   neck.  He   was       scarcely     well  sent   [loosed] ;     uor 

poteramus    jam      scire,     ubi        esset;  calidua 

were-we-able        now       to-know,     where  he  might-be ;       the    warm 

pulvis    habebat        vestigia  pedum ;    ipse    erat 

dust  did-have      the   traces          of  (his)   feet;  himself     was 

ereptus  oculis.  Hasta         non      ocyor 

snatched        from   the   eyes.  The    spear        (is)     not          swifter 

illo,    nee       glandes  excussae  [u.0 

than   he,       nor   the    acorns    [leaden-bulletsj        shaken  [slung] 

contorto   verbere,    nee        levis      calamus 

from   the    twisted  whip,          nor    the   light  reed    [arrow] 

exit        ab      Gortyniaco    arcu.  Apex          medii 

departs      from  Gortynian  bow.         The   summit    of  a   middle 

collis      imminet  arvis      subjectis.  Toiler 

bill  hangs-over     to   the   fields          placed-under.  I   am-borne 

in      hunc,  que      capio     spectacula 

(bear  myself)  into         this    [thither],       and      I   take  views 

novi  cursus :     quo  fera      visa-est 

of  the   new   [novel]     course:     in  which  [where]  the  wild-beast     seemed 

modo      deprendi,      modo      subducere         se  ab 

tiow  to-be-caught,  now  to- with  draw  itself  from 

vulnere   ipso.     Nee    callida      fugit        recto    [115 

the   wound          itself.        Nor       cunning     it   flees     by   straight 

limite     ve     in     spatium ;  sed  decipit      ora  (pi.') 

path  or      into        space    [forward] ;    but    deceives  the  mouth 

sequentis ;    et    redit     in       gyrum,    ne    suus 

of    (him)    following;  and   returns     into     a   circle,          lest          his 

impetus     sit  hosti.  Hie   imminet 

impetus       may-be  to  (its)  enemy  (Laelaps).        He       impends  [is-near] 

que     eequitur         parem ;     que     similis  tenenti 

Bad  follows     (ite)      equal;  and  like      to    (one)    holding 

tenet  non,  et  exercet  vacuos         morsus     in        ae'ra. 

holds       not,     and   exercises      empty  [vain]  bites  upon  the  air. 

Vertebar  ad       opem  jaeuli:  [120 

I   was-turned   [I  turned-myself]  to  the  assistance  of  the  javelin : 

quod         duiii         mea         dextera         librat,         dum 

which  while  my  right-baud  poises,  wliilw 


268  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

tento    indere  digitos  amentis, 

I   try          to-put-in     (my)    fingers     to    the   thongs         ,'of  th*  jarelin) 

deflexi  lumina :  que  rursus        retuleram 

I  turned-aside  (my)  lights          [eyes] :  and       again      h.'id-brought-back 

revocata  eodem ;  (mirum  ! ) 

(them)  recalled  to-the-same-place;  (wonderful         (thing!) 

adspicio     duo     marmora  medio     campo ; 

tehold  two  marbles    [statues]  in  the  middle  plain ; 

125]         putares        hoc  fugere,  illud  latrare.     Scilicet 

thou  mightest-think  this     to-flee,       that      to-bark.  Truly 

deus    voluit   ambo    esse      invictos  certamine 

the   god         wished       both       to-be      unconquered   in    the   contest 

cursus;    si   quis   deus     adfuit         illis."      Hac- 

of  the   course;          if       any        god      was-present  to  them."          Thus- 

tenus ;  et        tacuit.         Phocus   ait,    "  Quod 

far          (he  related);  and     beld-his-peace.       Phocus      said,         "What 

crimen         in        jaculo     ipso?"       Sic     ille 

crime         (is)     in     the  dart  itself?"  Thus       he      (Ccphalug) 

reddidit  crimina          jaculi :     "  Gaudia     sint 

restored    [related]    the   crimes         of  the  dart:  "Joys       may-be 

130]  principium          nostri      doloris,  Phoce. 

the    beginning  of  our  grief>  0    Phocus. 

Referam     ilia.  0       JEacida,  juvat 

I   will-relate        those    (joys).       0       son-of-^!acus,      it   delights   (me) 

meminisse  beati  temporis,     quo     eram    rite 

to  have-remembered  of  the  happy          time,         in  which  I  was      rightly 

felix  conjuge     per  primes  annos,  ilia  erat 

happy  in  (my)  wife  through     the  first  years,       she       was 

felix  marito.       Mutua    cura  et     socialis 

happy  in  (her)   husband.  Mutual        care  [regard]  and  social 

amor  habebat  duos.       Nee   ilia    praeferret 

love        did-have    [possess]    (us)    two.  Neither    she       would-prefer 

135]    thalamos  Jovis       meo  amori:    nee 

bridal-chambers  [nuptials]  of  Jupiter  to  my          love :  nor 

ulla  erat   quae  caperet,         non  si  Venua 

any     (woman)     was        who    would    take          (me),    not      if       Venui 

ipsa     veniret :    aequales  flammae   urebant         pectora. 

torself  wight-come:        equal          flames          did-fire      (cur)    breasts. 


LIBER   SEPTIMUS.  269 

Solebam    juveniliter     ire     in         silvas       venatum, 

1   was-wunt  youth-like         to-go    into   the  woods       to  bant, 

sole     feriente           cacumina  fere 

the   BUD  striking         the    tops  (of  the  mountains)       almost 

primis   radiis :  nee  sinebam  famulos,  nee   equos, 

with   first  rays :         nor     did-I-sufier     servants,       nor        horses, 

nee  canes  acres         naribus,    ire    cum  me,  nee     [140 

nor        dogs       sharp    with    nostrils,       to-go    with     me,       nor 

nodosa    lina    sequi.         Eram    tutus        jaculo.     Sed 

knotty  nets     to-follow.      I   was  safe       with   dart.  But 

cum         dextera    erat    satiata  caedis  feri- 

when  (my)  right-hand      was        satiated  of  the  slaughter  belonging-to- 

nae,  repetebam         frigus,     et         umbras,     et 

wild-beasts,     I  did-reseek  the  cold,  and     the  shades,         and 

auram,  quae  halabat    de    gelidis  vallibus.         Lenis 

the  breeze,      which  did-breathe  from       cool          valleys.         The  gentle 

aura   petebatur  mini   in       medio   aestu:     [145 

breeze     was-sought       to  [by]  ine          in     the  middle         heat : 

Expectabam       auram :    ilia   erat   requies         labori. 

I  did-wait-for          the  breeze :         that       was          rest        from    labour. 

Solebam      cantare,       (enim         recorder,)         aura, 

I  was-wont  to-sing,  (for  I    remember,)          0   breeze, 

venias :  que     gratissima         juves        me,    que 

mayest-thou-come :    and        most-grateful     wnyest-thou-aid    me,        and 

intres  nostros   sinus:    que  velis 

mayest-thou-enter          oar  bosoms:      and       mayest-thou-be- willing 

relevare,  ut       facis,       aestus,         quibus          urimur. 

to-lighten,       as  thou  dost,     the  heats,       with  which         we  ure-burneil. 

Forsitan      addiderim      plures    blanditias :    (sic    mea 

Perhaps  I  may-have-added     more  flatteries :  (so          aiy 

fata  trahebant  me ! )  et      solitus-sim  [150 

fates        did-draw        me  ! )     and  I  may-have-been-accustomed 

dicere,  "  Tu  magna  voluptas      mihi :  tu  que 

to   say,  "Thou  (art)  a  great  pleasure      to  me:         thou  both 

reficis    que   foves :  tu  fucis,  ut     amem       silvas 

refreshest  and     cberishest  (me):  thou  inakest,  that  I  inay-1'jve  the  woods 

sola       loca,    que    iste    tuus    spiritus    semper 

(and)  the  lulitary     places,      and       that        thy          breath  always 


270  OVIDII   METAMOKPH. 

captatur     ab    meo     ore."          Nescio     quis    prsebuit 

fa-caught-at      by        my       mouth."         I  know-not       who          afforded 

155]       deceptam   aurem  ambiguis    vocibus :    que 

a  deceived  ear        to  the  ambiguous          words:          and 

putans        nomen       Aurse  tarn    saep£   vocatum 

thinking     the  name         of    Auni      (breeze)      so          often  sailed 

ease  nymphse,  credit     nympham      amar. 

to  be       (the  name)  of  a  nymph,          believes  a  nymph          to  be  loved 

mibi.     Extemplo       temerarius  index  ficti 

tc  [by]  me.  Immediately  the  rash  accuser  of  the  feigned 

criminis    adit    Procrin,    que    refert          lingua" 

[false]    charge          goes-to       Procris,          and       relates       with  tongue 

audita      susurra.         Amor     est       credula      res ; 

the    heard  whispers.  Love          is        a  credulous       thing. 

160]    collapsa  subito  dolore,  ut      narratur 

having-sunk  [fainted]  with  sudden       grief,     when  it  is-related 

sibi,         cecidit,  que       refecta  longo  tempore, 

to  herself,  she  fell,  :ind      being-restored     in  a  long  time, 

dixit       se  miseram  iniqui    fati;    que 

she    said        herself  (to  be)  wretched     (and)  of  unjust        fate;         and 

questa-est  de  fide ;     et    concita        vano 

complained  concerning      (my)  fidelity;  and      excited       by    vain 

crimine,       metuit   quod   est  nihil ;       metuit     nomen 

charge,         she  fears  what        is    nothing;    she  fears        a  name 

sine       corpore ;    et   infelix        doluit    veluti  de 

without  a  body;  and  unhappy     she  grieves        as-if       concerning 

165]       vera   pellice.      Tamen        dubitat   saepe;    que 

a  true          harlot.  Yet        she  doubts  often;         and 

miserrima      sperat          falli ;  que     negat     fidem 

most-wretched         hopes         to-be-deceived ;       and        refuses  faith 

indicio ;      et    est    non     damnatura  delicta 

to   the   information;  and      is        not      about-to-condemn     the  faults 

sui  mariti,  nisi  ipsa      viderit.  Postera  lumina 

of  her    husband,  unless  herself  may-have-seen.     The  next  lights 

Auroras     depulerant         noctem ;        egredior,    que 

of  Aurora  had-dispelled      the  night;  I   go-out,  and 

170]       peto      silvas ;  que  victor      per       herbas  (pL), 

T   8«ek    the  woods ;       aud  conqueror  through  the  gra.-'s, 


LIliKK    SEPTIMUS.  271 

dixi,       '•  Aura,  veni,  que  medere     nostro      labori." 

I  said,     "  0    breeze,       oome,     and       remedy     to   our    [my]     labour." 

Et   subito      videbar      audisse      nescio  quos  gemitus 

And  suddenly    I  did-seem    to  have-heard  I  know-not  what  sighs 

inter  mea  verba.    Tamen,  dixi,  "  Veni,  optima." 

between  my      words.          Yet,       I  said,      "  Come,         best       (breeze).* 

Rursus     caduca1    fronde     faciente     levem    strepitum, 

Again         a  falling  leaf  making      a  slight  nois* 

ratus-sum        ease      feram,     que       misi  [175 

I  supposed          (it)  to-be     a  wild-beast,    and      I  sent  [threw] 

volatile  telum.         Erat  Procris  ;  que  tenens 

the  fleet          weapon.         It  was         Procris ;       and     having  [holding] 

vulnus     in     medio    pectore,         conclamat,     "Heu 

a  wound          in         middle        breast,          she  cries-out,  "Alas 

mihi ! "     Ubi       vox  fidse   conjugis  cognita-est 

to  me!"  When  the  voice  of  (my)  faithful       wife  was-known 

mihi,    prseceps    que    amens      cucurri    ad        vocem. 

to  me,  headlong       aiid          mad        I  ran  to      the  voice. 

Invenio          semanimem,    et    foedantem  vestes 

I  find  (her)    half-dead,  and        polluting     (her)  garments 

sparsas          sanguine,    et    trahentem,  [180 

sprinkled      with  blood,  and          drawing          (the  dart), 

8ua       dona,    (miserum     me ! )     de         vulnere ;     que 

her-own     gifts,          (miserable         me!)       from    the  wound;  and 

attollo        sontibus    ulnis         corpus,    carius       mihi 

I  raise        with  guilty  arms  (her)  body,  dearer      to  me 

meo;    que  veste    scissa     a   pectore,    ligo       sseva 

than  ray-own;  and  garment  being-cut  from  breast,       I  bind  the  cruel 

vulnera,    que      conor          inhibere        cruorum:     oro 

wounds,  and     I  endeavour     to  stop  the  blood :  I  pray 

neu-deserat  me,    sceleratum        suS,   morte.     Ilia 

fhe-may-not-forsake       me,  wicked  by  her         death.  She 

carens          viribus  (abl.),    et  jam   moribunda,    coc'git 

being- without    strengths,  and  already  ubout-to-die,          forced 

se         loqui    haec  pauca,  "  Supplex,     oro 

herself    to-speak    these        few      (words),     "  Suppliant,    I  pray 

per        fcedera        nostri    lecti,    que   per        deos,    que 

by       the  c>venanu     of  our  bed,         and       by      the  gods,       bovb 

18 


272  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

superos    que   meos,    per   si     merui         quid 

the  gods-above,  and       mine,         by       if  I  have-deserved  any     (thing, 

bene    de-te,    que   per        amorem,       causam      mortis 

well        of-thee,      and       by      the  love,  the  cause          of   death 

mihi,     manentem      nunc     quoque,     cum        pereo, 

to   me,  remaining  now  also,  when         I  perish, 

patiare  ne    Auram      innubere         nostris 

wayest-thou-suffer     not        Aura      to-be-married-into  to  our 

190J     thalamis."  Dixit,     et     turn     denique     et 

bridal-chambers."     She  said,          and      then          at-lust      both 

sensi        et       docui  esse         errorem 

I  perceived     and     I  taught    [informed]    (her)       to-be      the  mistake 

nominis.    Sed  quid  juvabat      docuisse?       Labitur, 

of  a  name.  But     what  did-it-prolit  to  have-taught?     She  fulls, 

et          parvae    vires   fugiunt    cum         sanguine.     Que 

and  (her)  small     strengths        flee          with       the  blood.  And 

'lum  potest      spectare  aliquid,  spectat  me,  et 

while  she-is-able  to  look-at  any        (thing),  she  looks-at    me,  and 

exhalat  infelicem    animam    in    me,    que    in 

she  breathes-out  (her)  unhappy  breath       upon    me,       and       in 

195]     nostro    ore.     Sed       videtur      mori  secura 

our  mouth.      But     she  seems        to  die          secure      with 

meliore  vultu.  Heros  lacrimans  memorabat  haec 

better        countenance.     The  hero  crying  did-relate         these 

flentibus,    et   ecce !    ^Eacus   ingreditur 

(things)  to  (them)  weeping  and       lo !  ^Eacus  enters 

cum         duplici  prole,  que       novo 

with    (his)    double     offspring    (Telamon  and  Peleus),     and     with    new 

milite,  quern  Cephalus  accipit  cum  fortibus  armis. 

loldierv.     whom       Cephalus       receives      with         brave        annt. 


LIBEP    OCTAVUS.  272 


LIBER     OCTAVUS. 

BOOK  THE  EIGHTS. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  VIII.  183—235.) 

DE  CA8U  ICARI. 

CONCERNING     THE    FALL     OF    ICARUS 

INTEREA  Dcedalus,      perosus      Creten  que  longum 

MKANWUU.K      I>;iululus,     thoroughly-hating     Crete       and  long 

exilium,  quc  tactus         amore  natalis  soli,  erat 

banishment,  a:ul    touched   with   love          of  (his)  native         soil,       w;i» 

clausus        pelago.       "Lic&t        obstruat      terras    et 

shut-out        by   ->  a.  "Although    he  may -.shut- up        lands     and 

undas,"  iuquit,  "at  certe       coeluua  patet.          Ibimus 

waters,"       said-he,     "but    surely  the  huavcn     lies  open.     We   will-go 

iliac :  Minos      possidoat      omnia ;  pos- 

by-that  (w;iy,:     Minos  may-pos-u.^  all         (thingg);  he  poe- 

sidet  nou       aera."  Dixit;  et  dimittit  [6 

Besses     nut     the   air."  lie    suid ;          and  dismisses  [applies] 

animum     in     i^notas    artes,    que    novat 

(his     mind  into      unknown         arts,          and       renews    [changes] 

naturam.     Nam       ponit    in    ordine    pennas,    cceptas 

nature.  Fur      lie    places      in         order          feathers,  begun 

H  minima,        breviore    soquenti       longam,       ut 

IV.'in   ihe  k-.i.-t,  the    shorter  foilnwing     tue   long,          so-that 

putes  crevisse  clivo.       Sic  quon- 

thou  anyest-thlnk  (them)  to  h.ive-grown  on  a  declivity.     Thus     some- 

dam     rustica     fistula    surgit    paulatim         disparibu? 

liniL-s  a  rustic  pijiu  rises          l>y-degrecs    with    uneven 


274  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

10]    avenis.         Turn     alligat       medias        lino, 

oaten-reeds.         Then  he  binds       the  middle     with  flax  [thread], 

et          imas          ceris  (pi-),    atque    flectit  itH 

and    the   lowest    with  wax,  and          bends    (them)      thus 

compositas         parvo     curvaminc,     ut  imitentur 

arranged  with    small  bending,  that       they    may-imitate 

veras  aves.  Puer    Icarus    stabat     una,      et 

true   [real]         birds.         The   boy  Icarus      did-stand  together,  and 

ignarus  se       tractare    pericula,         reni- 

ignorant   [not  knowing]    himself      to-handle          dangers,    with  bright- 

denti      ore,  captabat       plumas  quas  vaga 

ening     countenance,  he  did-catch-at  the  feathers     which  the  wandering 

15]  aura      moverat ;       modo  mollibat 

[unsteady]  breeze       bad-moved ;  now  he    did-softes 

flavam    ceram         pollice,  que  impediebat       mira- 

the   yellow  wax      with   thumb,         and       did-hinder     the  wonder- 

bile  opus  patris     suo  lusu.     Postquam      ultima 

ful       work   of  (his)  father   by  bis     sport.          After-that     the  last 

manus    imposita-est  coeptis,  opifex     ipse 

hand  was-placed         to  the  undertakings,      the   artist       himself 

libravit    suum    corpus    in          geminas         alas,    que 

poised  his  body       upon     the   double        (two)  wings,      and 

20]    pependit  in       mota  aura.     Et  instruit        natum, 

hung  in  the  moved      air.         And  arranges  (his)  son, 

que     ait,         "  Icare,      moneo  ut  curras 

and        says,      "0,    Icarus,      I   advise     (thee)     that     thou  mayest-run 

medio  limite,  ne,  si         ibis     demissior,       unda 

in  the  middle         path,      lest,     if  thou  sh;tlt-go      too-low,        the  water 

gravet  pennas;  si  celsior,       ignis       adurat. 

iuay-burthen  the  wings;        if    too-high,  the  lire      may  burn         (them). 

Vola    inter    utrumque.         Jubeo    te     nee      spectare 

Fly         between  each.  I   order         thee  neither  to  view 

Bobten   aut   Helicen,  ve 

(the  constellation)  Bootes          nor        Helice    [the   greater  Bear],      nor 

25]         strictum  ensem      Orionis.         Me  duce, 

the  drawn  sword      of   Orion.  Myself  (being)  guide, 

carpe  viam."        Pariter 

orop       [proceed   on]   the   way."  Equalh1    [at    the    same    time] 


LIBER   OCTAVUS.  275 

tradit  praecepta      volandi,    et    accommodat      igno- 

oe  deliver?    instructions     of  flying,         and  fits  the  un- 

tas          alas  humeris.        Inter  opus 

known       wings    to    (his)    shoulders.  Between    [during]    the    work 

que      monitus  seniles      genae      madue>e ;       et 

and        admonitions       (his)    aged  cheeks  were- wet;          aid 

patriae   manus    tremu£re.  Dedit   oscula   non 

(his)    paternal       hands  trembled.  He   gave  kisses         not 

repetenda     iterum      suo  nato ;   que  levatus      pennia 

to-be-repeated        again      to  his         son;       and         raised     on  wings 

volat      ante ;      que      timet  comiti,      velut 

he  flies  before ;          and  fears       for   (his)  companion,  ai 

ales,  qu83  producit         teneram  prolem  ab  alto    [30 

a   bird,    which  leads-forth  (her)  tender          offspring   from   lofty 

nido    in         aera;     que       hortatur  sequi,    que 

nest       into     the  air;  and     he  encourages  (him)     to-follow,     and 

erudit  damnosas    artes,    et    ipse    movet 

'instructs    (him)    'in    the    injurious  arts,        and  himself      move* 

suas     alas,    et   respicit        alas  nati.       Aliquis, 

bis-own  wings,    and     looks-at     the  wings  of  (his)  son.  Some 

dum      captat     pieces         tremula  arundine, 

(fisherman),  while  he  catches-at      fishes     with    trembling  reed 

aut   pastor   innixus  baculo,    ve    [35 

[fishing-rod],      or      shepherd      leaning     to  [on]  a  staff,  or 

arator  stiva,  vidit  hos ;  et     obstupuit ; 

ploughman  to  [on]  a  plough-handle,     saw     them;  and  was-astonished ; 

que    credidit  esse   deos,    qui     possent     carpere 

and        believed     (them)     to-be     gods,       who  might-be-able        to-crop 

aethera.     Et  jam   Junonia  Samos,  que 

[past-through]  the  sky.  And  already  Junonian      Samos,        and 

Delos,   que   Paros,   fuerant  relictae  laevS,  parte ; 

Delos,         and       Parns,         bad-been  left       on  the  left  part; 

Lebyrithos  que  Caljmne,  foecunda      melle,  erant    [40 

Lebyntuos          and        Calyinne,         fruitful        in  honey,         were 

dextra.    cum         puer    co3pit    gaudere        audaci 

on  th«  right,  when     the  lioy         hi-<;un        tn-rejoice       in    bold 

volatu,  que  doseruit        ducem,  que  tactus        cupidine 

flight,         and       forsook     (his)  leader,       and     touched  with  desire 


276  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

coeli         egit         iter    altius.  Vicinia         rapidv 

of  hearen  he  acted  (bis)  course  too-high.      The  nearness  of  the  rapid 

Soils      mollit  odoratas      ceras,  vincula 

[hot]  Sun  softens         the   fragrant  waxes,         the   bonds 

pennarum.  Cerae      tabuerant:     ille 

of  the    wings.  The   waxes    had-wasted-away :      he       (Icanu) 

45]    quatit  nudos  lacertos :  que     carens     remigio, 

shakes       naked        arms :          and  being-without  rowing  [fligjt], 

percipit    non    ullas    auras :    que         ora    clamantia 

he  gathers          not        any          airs:          and  (his)  mouths      calling-on 

nomen  patris,  excipiuntur         caerulea"  aqu&  : 

the   name         of  (his)  father,         are-received     in  the  azure  water 

quae     traxit        nomen     ab     illo.      At 

(the  Icarian  sea) :    which         drew          a   name          from     him.         But 

infelix   pater,    nee  jam      pater,    dixit,       "  Icare, 

the   unhappy     father,       nor      now      a   father,        said,          "0   Icarus, 

Icare,"      dixit,  "ubi     es  ?  qu4  regione  requi- 

0  Icarus,"      he  said,      "where  art-thou?     in  what      region       shall-I- 

6O]    ram    te,      Icare?"       dicebat.  Despexit 

seek      thee,  0  Icarus?"      he  did-say.         He  looked-down-upon 

pennas  in       undis  ;  que      devovit  suas  artes ;  que 

the   winga        in  the  waves;       and   he   cursed          bis        arts;        and 

condidit       corpus      sepulchro ;  et       tellus  dicta-(est) 

hid  [buried]  the  body       iu  ;v  tomb;  and  the  land  was-called 

a          nomine  sepulti. 

(Icarus)  from   the  name        of  (him)  buried. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  VIII.  236—259.) 

DB  PERDICI. 

CONCERNING    PERDLT. 

Garrula     perdix     prospexit      ab      ramosa     ilice 

A   prattling         partridge  viewed          from  a  branching        oak 

hunc  ponentem        corpora  (pi.)  miseri 

this       (Daedalus)      depositing      the  corpse  of  (his)    ill-fated 

nati       tumulo :  et      plausit  pennis : 

ion     in  a  tomb;         and  she  clapped  (in  applause)  with  (her)  wings; 


LIBER    OCTAVUS.  277 

^ue  testata-eet         gaudia         caritu ;     tune          unica 

and          testified       (her)  joy  in  a  song;       at-that-time  the  'only 

volucris,  nee  visa  prioribus 

winged-creature  'of-its-kind,  nor  (was  it)     seen  [known]  in  former 

annis,  que  facta         avis  super,    longum 

years,       and  [but]  (was)  transformed-into  a  bird     lately,   a  long  [heavy] 

crimen        tibi,    Daedale.      Namque         germana      [5 

crime  to  thee,         Daedalus.  For          the  full-sister 

ejus,  ignora  fatoram,    tradiderat      huic 

of  him     (Daedalus),  ignorant  of  the  fates,  bad-committed  to  him 

suam     progeniem     docendam,       puerurn,      bis 

(one  of)  her-own         offspring  to-be-taught,       a   boy,  |  twice 

senis    natalibus         actis, 

six  birth-days     being-passed,     [past  his  twelfth  birth-day],   (and) 

animi     capacis     ad     praecepta  (pi-)'      Ille     etiam 

of  a  mind         susceptible       to         instruction.  He  even 

trazit  spinas     notatas   in       medio  pisce 

drew  [took]  the  fish-bones  |  known         in  the  middle        fish    [observed 

in  exemplum,  que  incidit    per- 

in  the  back  of  a  fish]  into  [as]  a  pattern,  and         cut       j    cvn- 

petuos    dentes  aculo    [io 

tinuous          teeth     [a  continued  range  of  teeth]  in  a  sharp-edged 

ferro,    et    reperit  usum  seme:    et 

iron,         and     found-out  [invented]         the  use         of  the  saw :         and 

primus         vinit  duo  ferrese  brachia    e 

'he  (was)  the  first    (who)  'bound  |  two       iron        fore-arms  out-of  [with] 

uno   nodo;  ut,          illis 

one         knot       [two  branches  of  iron  to  one  hinge] ;     so-that,         these 

distantibus  aequali  spatio,       altera  pars  sta- 

being  separated  by  an  equal         space,      the  one          part  might-stand- 
ret,  altera    pars      deceret  orbem. 

fixed,    (while)    the   other  part          might-lead  [describe]  a  circle. 

Daedalus  invidit;  que 

Daedalus          envied;     (»,  «.,   «  .-  jealous  of  big  superior  talents;)     and 

misit          praecipitem     ex          sacra   arce  [15 

gent        (him)  headlong  from     the   sacred    citadel    [tower] 

Minervae,  mentitus  lapsum. 

of  Minerva,       pretor  ding  a  fall.  (i.  '.,  pretending  it  was  an  accidental  fall.) 


278  OVIDII   METAMCRPH. 

\t  Pallas,  qua  fa  vet     ingeniis,     oxcepit  sum :       qua 

But      Pallas,      who     favors    ingenious-men,      'bore        him     'up:   and 

redidit  avem;  et  relavit  pennis 

'changed  (him) 'into  a  bird;        and     'lifted     (him)  'up  on  (his)  pinions 

in   medio  ae're.     Sed       vigor  ingenii  quondam 

in      middle         air.          But   the  vigour  of  (bis)  genius  formerly 

velocis  abiit  in          alas  que  in         pedes : 

(so)  ewift  [penetrating]  passed  into  (his)  wings  and  into  (his)  feet: 

20]  nomen,  et  quod  ante,  remansit. 

(his)  name,         and     that     (which  was  his)    before,         remained. 

Tamen  haec   volucris         non   tollit  sua  corpora  (pf.) 

Yet  this  bird       'does  not       'raise       its          body 

alt£,    nee    facit  nidos   in   ramis    que 

high,       nor      makes  [builds]        (its)    nest          in      boughs      and  [or] 

alto  cacumine ;  volitat      propter 

towering  tops          (of    trees);    (but)    it    flies  near  to 

humum,  que  ponit         ova  in  sepibus :  que  memor 

the  ground,          and   deposits  (its)  eggs     in       hedges :        and     mindful 

antiqui   caesus   metuit       sublimia. 

of  (its)  former  fall      |    fears       the  air  [dreads  to  soar  aloft  in  air]. 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  VIII.  260—540.) 

DE  MELEAGRO    ET    ATALANTE. 

CONCERTINO    MELEAOER    AND   ATALANTA. 

Que     jam          ^tnaea     tellus     tenebat     Dsedalon 

And          now       the    JEtnean  land  did-hold  Daedalus 

fatigatum ;    et    Cocalus    habebatur  mitis, 

fatigued;  and       Cocalus  was-held  [accounted]   mild  [kind], 

armis  (abL)      sumtis       pro  supplice.       Jam 

arms  being-taken-up     for    (Daedalus)  a  suppliant.  Now 

Athenae  (pi.)       desierant       pendere  lamentabile 

Athens  had-ceased  to-pay          the   lamentable 

tributum      Thesea"  laude.  Tem- 

tribute          |  by  Thesean     praise  [by  the  valour  of  Theseus],     The  tein- 

pla       coronantur ;       que          vocant  bellatricem 

plea  aro  frowned;  and      they  call-on          the  warlike 


LIBER    OCTAVUS.  279 

Minervam  cum  Jove  que       ahis  dis  :  quos      honorant 

Minerva  with  Jupiter  and  the  other  gods:    whom  they  honour 

voto    sanguine,    que         datis    muneribus   et      [5 

with  vowed          blood,  and    with   given  gifts  and 

acerris        turis.  Vaga      Fama      sparserat 

with  centers         of  incense.  Wandering       Fame        had-scattered 

nomen      Theseos     per  Argolicas    urbes ;     et 

the  name        of  Theseus        through    the    Grecian  cities;        and 

populi,  quos  dives  Achaia  cepit  implorave're 

the  peoples,     whom      rich       Achaia      took  [contained],  implored 

opem       hujus  magnis     periclis :     Calydon 

the  aid  of  him         to    (their)   great  danger? :  Calydon 

supplex   petiit       opem          hujus         sollicitS,    prece, 

suppliant       sought  the  assistance   of  him         with  anxious          prayer, 

quamvis        haberat        Meleagron.  Caussa    [m 

although  it  might-have  Meleager.  The   cause 

petendi  erat       BUS,          famulus    que    vindex 

of  seeking  (it)    was       a  boar,      the   servant  and        avenger 

infestae    Dianae.      Namque         ferunt  (Enea, 

of   hostile  Diana.  For          they    bear   [report]         CEneus, 

successibus         pleni         anni      libiiisse  pri- 

in  the  successes  of  a  full  [fertile]  year     to-have-offered    the   first- 

mitias  frugum        Cereri,     sua     vina        Lyaeo, 

fruits  of  the  fruits  to   Ceres,  his        wines     to  Bacchus, 

Palladios     latices  flavse      Minervse.    [15 

Palladian  liquors   [oil]  to    the   yellow  Minerva. 

Ambitiosus       honos  coeptus    ab  agri- 

The  ambition-producing  honour       begun       from  [among]  the  husband- 

colis  pervenit 

men    (Ceres,  Bacchus,  and  Minerva,  presiding  over  husbandry)       arrived 

ad     omnes         Superos ;  ferunt  aras 

to  all        the    Gods-above :         they    bear    [report]  the   altars 

praeteritae  Latoidos  solas     cessaese    relictas 

of  the  passed- by          Latoniau  (Diana)  alone  to  have-c«ased    being-left 

sine     ture,       Ira  tangit  et  deos.     "At 

without  incense.     Anger  touches  [affects]  and  [even]  the  gods.         "  But 

feremus  non     impun£ ;     que       quag         inhonoratae 

»e  will-bear      not     with-impunity ;   and  (we)  who  (ar«)  dishonoured 


280  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

20]    dicemur     non  et  inultae,"         inquit; 

will-be-said      not     (to  be)  and  [also]  unavenged."  she  said  • 

et         spreta  misit     aprum  ultorem      per 

and     being-despised     she  sent      a  wild-boar  (us)  an  avenger     through 

agros     (Eneos,     quanto  herbida  Epirus 

the  fields     of  (Eneus,      with-as-great  (body  as)  the  grassy  Epirus 

habet  non  majores  tauros,  sed       Sicula  arva  habent 

baa  not        greater        bulls,         but  the  Sicilian      fields  have 

minores.  Oculi  micant         sanguine  et         igne, 

less.  (Its)   eyes        sparkle     with  blood,  and  with  fire. 

horrida    cervix   riget;    et        setae  similes      densis 

the  rough  neck        is-stiff;     and  the  bristles      like         to  thick 

25]    hastilibus      horrent ;    que        setae    stant    velut 

spear-handles        are-rough ;        and     the  bristles     stand          as-if 

vallum    vel    ut  alta     hastilia.  Fervida   spuma 

a  rampart        or       as     high     spear-handles.     The  hot  foam 

fluit   cum   rauco   stridore   per  latos    armos ; 

flows      with      hoarse          noise       through  [over]  (its)  broad    shoulders; 

dentes  aequantur      Indis  dentibus.     Fulmen 

the  teeth         are-equalled  to  Indian  (elephant's)     teeth.         A  tu^k 

venit  ab       ore ;        frondes  ardent          afflatibus  (pi.). 

comes  from  (its)  mouth;  the  leaves  burn  with  (its)  breath. 

30]    Is  modo  proculcat      segetes  in      crescenti  herba, 

He     now      treads-down  the  crops          in  the  growing  herb, 

nunc  metit     matura  vota  coloni 

now       mows  |  the  ripe        wishes  [the  standing-corn]  of  the  husbandman 

fleturi,  et    intercipit    Cererem  in        spicis. 

about- to-weep,   and      intercepts  Ceres  [the  corn]  in    the   ears 

Frustra        area,  frustra       horrea    exspectant 

In-vain        the    threshing-floor,        in-vain     the  granaries  expect 

promissas     messes.  Gravidi      foetus 

the  promised  harvests.         The   heavy  productions     [grapesj 

sternuntur  cum        longo  palmite,   que        bacca  cum 

are-strewed          with    the   long       vine-branch,    and     the   berry         with 

35]         ramis  olivae    semper    frondentis.       Et 

the  branches     of  the  olive  always  flourishing.         And 

saevit   in         pecudes.     Non     ve     pastor   ve  canes. 

it  rages      upon  the  tattle.  Not      either   shepherd     or          dog* 


LIBER   OCTAVU8.  281 

non     truces     tauri     possunt     defendere         armenta. 

not  fierce         bulls          are-able  to-defend         the  herds. 

Populi  (pl>]  diffugiunt,    nee    putant        se        esse 

The  people  flee,  nor        think        themselves    to-be 

tutos,  nisi  moenibus        urbis,   donee  Meleagros, 

cafe,        unless  in  the  walls  of  a  city,  until  Meleager, 

et      una  lecta   manus      juvenum,  co'ie're 

and    together  with  a  chosen       band      of  youths,  came-together 

cupidine      laudis.  Gemini     Tyndaridae,    [40 

with  desire  of  praise.          The  twin  aons-of-Tyndarus, 

alter        spectatus  cses- 

(Castor  and  Pollux),  the  other  [one]  looked-on  [famous]  with  the  cses- 

tibus  (pi-},       alter          equo,    que     lason        molitor 

tu.-,  the  other       with  horse,        and        Jason     the   builder 

primae  ratis,         et  Theseus  cum  Pirithoo,     felix 

of  the  first  raft  [ship],  and     Theseus      with      Pirithous,     a  happy 

concordia,  et        duo     Thestiadse, 

agreement,       and  the  two       sons-of-Thestius    (Toxeus  and  Plexippus), 

que   Lynceus       Aphareia   proles,    et       velox    Idas ; 

and         Lynceus      the  Aphareian       offspring,   and  the  swift  Idas; 

et  Caeneus  non  jam     fcemina,  que  ferox  Leucip-    [45 

and     Caeneus       not      now    a  woman,         and      fierce         Leucip- 

pus,  que  Acastus  insignia         jaculo,  que  Hippothoos, 

pus,       and       Acastus     remarkable  with  dart,         and  Hippothous, 

que    Dryas    et    Phoenix    cretus          Amyntore,    que 

and         Dryas       and      Phoenix         sprung     from  Amyntor,  and 

Actoridae      pares,    et   Phyleus   missus    ab    Elide. 

the  sona-of-Actnr       equals,      and      Phyleus          sent        from          Elis. 

Nec      Telamon     aberat,     ve  creator 

Neither       Telaiuon        was-absent,     or    (Pcleus)     the  producer   (father) 

magni    Achillis ;    que        impiger    Eurytion,     cum 

of  great  Achilles ;          and     the   active  Eurytion,  with 

Pheretiade,  et  Hyanteo  Ib'lao,  et  Echion    [50 

Pheretiun  (Admctus),  and     Boeotian      lolaus,  and      Ecbion 

invictus  cursu,     que     Narycius     Lelex,     que 

unconquered     in    the   course,         and          Narycian  Lelex,  and 

Panopcus,  que  Hyleus,  que  ferox  Hippasus,  et  Neator 

Panopaus,          and      Hyleus,       and     fierce       Hippasui,     and      N*ito» 


262  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

etiamnum  in         primis  annis.      Et   quos   Hippocobn 

CTen-yet  in  ,'his)  first  years.         And    whom  Hippocoon 

misit      antiquis  Amyclis  (pi.) ',  que  socer 

sent     from  ancient        Amyolae ;  and  (Laertes)  the  father-in-law 

55]        Penelopes,  cum  Parrhasio  Ancgeo,  que    sagax 

of  Penelope,  with         Arcadian        Ancaeus,       and  sagacioi  i 

Ampycides,  et  ^Eclides  adhuc  tutus     a          conjuge, 

Ampyciies,          and     JJclides         aa-yet       safe       from  (his)  wife, 

que        Tegeaea  decus  Lycsei    nemoris. 

•nd     the    Tegeaean     (Atalanta)  the  glory     of  the  Lycaean  grove. 

Rasilis  fibula  mordebat  summum 

A  polished      clasp         did-bite  [connect]  the  highest  [the  top]    (of  the) 

vestem  huic ;         crinis    erat    simplex,    collectus 

garment  to  [of]  her;       (her)  hair  was  plain,  gathered 

m     unum    nodum.  Eburnea    custos 

Into       one  knot.  The    ivory  keeper  [quiver]    (of  her) 

GO]    telorum  pendens  ex         laevo  humero  resonabat ; 

weapons        hanging     from  (her)  left       shoulder        did-resound . 

quoque        Iseva  tenebat      arcum.       Talis    erat 

also  the   left       (hand;     did-hold      a   bow.  Such  was 

cultus ;         facies         quam  posses  vere 

(her)  dress;       (her)  face       (was)  which      thou-mightest-be-able     truly 

dicere   virgineam    in      puero,    puerilem   in      virgine. 

to-call         virgin-like       in     a   boy,  boyish         in     a   virgin. 

Calydonius       heros          pariter  vidit       hanc, 

The  Calydonian  hero          at-the-same-time          saw  her, 

pariter  optavit,  deo    renuente,    que 

at-the-same-time    wished-for     (her),          the    god          refusing,          and 

65]    hausit  latentes    flammas,    et   inquit,    "  0 

drew  [conceived]        hidden  flames,         and      said,  "  0 

felix,  si  ista  dignabitur     quern  virum ! " 

happy,   if  that  (Atalanta)  shall-think-worthy    any    (man  as)  a  husband  !" 

nec       que    tempus    que    pudor    sinunt  dicere 

neither     both          time          and         shame         permit   (him)   to   say 

plura ;  majus  opus       magni  certaminis  urget. 

more        (words);  the  greater     work  of  a  great  contest  urges. 

Silva  frequens         trabibus,         quam  nulla  astas 

A    wood          thick         with    beams    [trees],       which         no  age 


LIBER   OCTAVUS.  283 

ceciderat,  mcipit     A,       piano,  quo  prospicit       devexa 

bad-cut,  begins     fr«m  a  plain,         and         views         the  sloping 

arva.       Quo,      postquam        viri   venere ;    pars    [70 

Gelds.         Whither,          aftcr-that      the    men         came;  part 

tendunt      retia:  pars  adimunt      vincula          canibua: 

stretch         the  nets  :       part       take-off    the  bonds    from  the  dogs  : 

pars    sequuntur        pressa    signa  pedum :     que 

part  follow  the   pressed       marks     of  the   feet:  and 

cupiunt    reperire    suum    periclurn.  Vallis    erat 

desire  to-find       their-own         danger.  The  valley  was 

concava,        qua     rivi        pluvialis     aquae     assuerant 

hollow,  by  which     streams  of  rainy  water     had-been-wont 

demittere          se.  Lenta    salix    tenet 

to-send-down       themselves.         The  pliant        willow      holds  [possesses] 

ima  lacunae,  que  palustres    junci,    [75 

the  lowest  (parts)  of  the  hollow,         and         marshy     bullrushes, 

que  vimina,  et  parvae  cannae  sub        long£  arundine. 

and         osiers,      and     small         canes      under  the  long  reed. 

Hinc          violentus        aper        excitus        fertur        in 

Hence       the   violent  wild-boar    being-roused       is-borne        into 

medios  hostes,  ut  ignes  elisi  excussis 

the  middle        enemies,     as       fires  [lightning]  struck  from  the  dashed 

nubibus.  Nemus      sternitur  incursu ;      et 

clouds.  The   grove  is-strewed     by   the   running;          and 

propulsa   silva   dat      fragorem.  Juvenes    [80 

the  beaten -down  wood     gives   a   crash.  The   youths 

exclamat ,    que    tenent       praetenta       tela  forti 

cry-out:  uud          hold     the   stretched-forth  weapons     with  bold 

dextrft,    vibrantia  lato    ferro.       Hie    ruit,     que 

right-hand,  brandishing     with    broad        iron.  He       rushes,      and 

Bpargit        caries,  ut  quisque  obstat  ruenti ;    et 

icattera       the  dogs,         as         each          opposes  to  (him)  rushing;    and 

dissipat  latrantes           obliquo    ictu.       Primum 

disperses     (them)     barking          with    sideward       stroke.  First 

cuspis          contorta      Echionio  lacerto    [85 

the  weapon-point        hurled      by  Ecbioniun    [Echion's]   arm 

fuit   vana ;    que  dedit     leve  vulnus        acerno-trunco, 

*>»•         rain;       and       gave     a  light      wound   to  a  maple-trunk. 


284  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

Proxima,      si        usa-foret  non  nimiis 

The  next,  if      it   might-have-used        not          with-ioo-mucL 

viribus  mittentis,  visa-est      hsesura 

strengths  (of  the  person)  sending  [throwing]  (it)  seemed    about-to-stick 

in        petito  tergo.  It    longiiis;       Paga- 

in     the  sought    [aimed-at]     back.  It   goes      too-far;       the    Paga- 

SJEUS   lason  auctor  teli.      Ampycides  ait, 

taean       Jason     (was)  the  author    of  the  weapon.       Ampycides      says, 

"Phoebe,  si  que          colui  que         colo 

"  0  Phoebus,         if    both  I  have  cultivated  [reverenced]  and  do-cultivate 

90]    te,     da       inihi    contingere         certo    telo    quod 

thee,    give   to   me  to-reach         with  sure       weapon      what 

petitur."  Deus  annuit  precibus, 

ts-sought  [aimed-at]."     The   god       nodded  (assent)  to  (his)  prayers, 

qu&  potuit.  Aper      ictus-(est)   ab    illo, 

in   what  (way)  he  was-able.      The  wild-boar     was-struck        by       him, 

sed    sine       vulnere :     Diana     abstulerat  ferrum 

but     without  a  wound:  Diana       had-withdrawu       the  iron 

volanti  jaculo ;       lignum  venit  sine      acumine. 

from  the  flying  dart;       the  wood          came  without  a  point. 

Ira  feri  mota-est ;  nee  arsit 

The  anger  of  the  wild  (boar)  was-moved  [roused] ;  nor  was-he-inflamcd 

95]    lenius  fulmine :         emicat    ex         oculis, 

more-mildly  than  a  thunderbolt :    he  glitters     out-of  the  eyes, 

Hue  spirat  flammas     e  pectore.     Que  ut     moles 

»nd    breathes       flames       out-of    the    breast.  And      as  a  mass 

volat,    concita      adducto    nervo,    cum    aut 

[great  stone]  flies,  forced     by  drawn  string,       when    either 

petit        muros,    aut    turres    plenas         milite,    sic 

it   seeks     the   walls,  or        towers  full       with  soldiery,       so 

rulnificus         sus     fertur          vasto       impete       in 

the  wound-causing      swine     is-borne     with  vast  impetuosity  upon 

juvenes ;    et   prosternit  Eupalamon,  que  Pelagona 

the  youths;          and   strikes-down        Eupalamus,         and  Pelagon 

100]    tuentes        dextra   cornua.  Socii 

defending  the  right  horns  [wings],      (Their)  companions 

rapu£re          jacentes.     At  Ensesirnus,  satus         Hip- 

teized          (them)  lying.  But      Enaesimus,       sprung   from   Hip 


LIBER   OCTAVU8.  285 

pocoonte,    effugit   non       letiferos       ictus.          Nervi 

pocoon,  escaped       not     the  death-bearing    strokes.      The   sinews 

liquerunt  trepidantem  et  parantem  vertere 

dissolved    [relaxed]    (him)    trembling  and     preparing         to-turn 

terga,  poplite  succiso.     Et  forsitan       Pylius 

backs  [to  flee],  the  knee  being-cut       And     perhaps     the  Pylian 

perisset  citra  Trojana     [iQ5 

(Nestor)  would-have-perished         on-this-side         the  Trojan 

tempora ;  sed      conamine          sumpto     ab          posita 

times;  but    nn    effort  [a  spring]    being-taken    from  (his)  placed 

hastS,      insiluit  ramis          arboris,    quae    stabat 

ipear,      he  leaped-on  to  the  branches  of  a  tree,  which  di<l-«tand 

proxima ;    que    tutua       loco,      despexit  hostem 

very-near;         and        safe       in  place,     looked-down-on     the  enemy 

quern      fugerat.     Hie,  ferox       dentibus  tritis 

which     he  had-fled.  He,       fierce  with  teeth  rubbed  [whetted] 

in   querno   stipite,    imminet  exitio,      que 

on       oaken          trunk,          impends  [is  intent  on]   to   destruction,    ami 

fidens          recentibus  armis,     hausit  femur  [no 

trusting  to  the  fresh  arms,     he  drew  [pierced]  the  thish 

magni  Othriadae        adunco  rostro.     At      gemini 

of  the  great          Othriades     with  crooked       snout.         But  the  twin 

fratres,  nondum  coelestia  sidera,  ambo 

brothers    (Castor  an-1  Pollux),      not-yet        celestial        stars,          both 

vectabantur  conspicui        equis  candidioribus         alba 

were-carried          conspicuous     on  horses  whiter  than  white 

nive:     ambo    quatiebant        spicula  hastarum 

snow :          both  did-shake       the   darts          of  (their)   spears 

vibrata         per  auras         tremulo      motu.     [115 

brandished       through       the  airs        with  tremulous        motion. 

Fecissent  vulnera,      nisi  sctiger 

'liey  would-have-made          wounds,          unless          the  bristly       (boar) 

isset  inter    opacas    silvas,    loca    nee    pervia 

<night-have-gone     among         thick          woods,     places   neither   passablt 

jaculis,    nee       equo.       Telamon    persequitur;    que 

to  darts,  nor      to  horse*.          Telamon  pursues;  and 

incautus          studio       eundi,      retentus      ab      radice 

iucaulious     with    desire         •>(   g->i"K.      being-beld-back    by      a  root 


286  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

arbore&,  cecidit  pronus.  Dum  Peleua 

belonging-to-a-tree,      fell        prone  [face  downwards].     While         Peleui 

/evat      hunc,       Tegeaea  imposuit        celerem 

raises  him,  Tegeeean     (Atalanta)      placed-on         a   swift 

120]     sagittam         nervo,  que  expulit  sinuato 

arrow  to  the  string,       and      thrust     (it)  from  the  curved 

arcu.  Arundo         fixa    sub        aure          feri 

bow.  The   reed    [arrow]     fixed     under  the  ear     of  the  wild  (boar) 

destringit        summum  corpus ;   et  rubefecit 

grazes  the   highest    [top]         (of  its)    body ;  and      made-red 

setas         exiguo   sanguine.      Nee   tamen  ilia  erat 

the  bristles  with  little  blood.  Nor          yet          she        wa« 

Iretior  successu        sui   ictus    quam   Meleagros. 

more-glad   in    the   success          of  her     stroke       than  Melenger. 

125]         Putatur  primus     vidisse,     et  primus     osten- 

He  is-thought        first         to-have-seen,  and       first  to-have- 

iisse       cruorem     visum  sociis,       et       dixisse, 

hown   the  blood  being-seen  to  (his)  companions,  and  to-have-said, 

"Feres  meritum     honorem  virtutis." 

"  Thou-shalt-bear      the   deserved  honour          of  (thy)  valour." 

Viri  erubu£re,  que  exhortantur      se,      et  addunt 

The   men         blushed,         and  exhort        themselves,  and  add 

animos  cum  clamore,  que  jaciunt    tela     sine  ordine. 

spirits          with         shout,         and          cast       weapons  without        order. 

Turba    nocet  jactis,    et    impedit        ictus 

The  crowd  hurts     to   (them)  thrown,     and       hinders     the   strokes 

130]  quos    petit.     Ecce      bipennifer       Areas, 

which  it  seeks.        Behold  the  pole-axe-bearing  Arcadian  (Aucaeus), 

furens  contra     sua     fata,  dixit,  "  Discite  quam  virilia 

raging       against     his-own    fates,     said,  "  Learn         how         manly 

tela      praestent      foemineis,  0    juvenes,    que 

weapons    may-excel     to  female  (weapons),    0         youth?,  and 

concedite      meo    operi.      Licet     Latonia  ipsa 

yield  to  my          work.         Although     Latonian  (Diana)  herself 

protegat     hunc         suis      armis,    tamen    mea     dextra 

may-protect        him     with  her  arms,  yet          my    right-hand 

185]    perimet  hunc,  Dianfi,     invita."         Tumidus 

•hall-slay     him,       Diana    being-unwilling."       Swollen  [proud] 


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memoraverat  talia  magniloquo  ore ; 

he  bad-mentioned         such  (words?  with  magniloquent  [boasting]  month; 

que   tollens        ancipitem    sccurim         utraque    manu, 

and         raising     the  two-edged  axe         with   eai^i  hand, 

institerat      digitis,  suspensus      in       primos 

he  had-stood-on  to  fingers  [toes],        being-suspended      on  the  first 

artus.  Ferus          occupat          audacem, 

joints     (of  the  toes).     The  wild       (boar)  anticipates  (him)  bold, 

que  qua       via  est  proxiina     leto     direxit         geminos 

and   where  the  way     is        nearest    to  death  he  directed  (his)  double 

dentea  in        summa  inguina.     Ancaeus  concidit,    [140 

teeth         into  the  highest        groins.  A  nexus  falls, 

que  viscera      glomerata  multo      sanguine, 

*nd      (his)      bowels  balled  with    much  blood, 

lapsa,  fluunt ;       que  terra      raadefacta-est 

having-glided,         flow ;  and         the  earth  was-wetted 

cruore.       Pirithous,         proles  Ixionis,    ibat 

with  gore.  Pirithous,       the    offspring        of  Ixion,          did-go 

in  adversum     hostem,    quatiens  venabula 

against  the  opposite  enemy,  shaking        the   hunting-poles 

valida     dextra".  Cui,  JEgides, 

with  strong        right-hand.  To    whom    (Theseus),   son-of-^Egeus, 

inquit,    "  0  pars      meae    animae,    carior      mihi    [145 

.-.k\>,  "  0       part    of  my  soul,  dearer     to  me 

me,       consiste;         licet  fortibus     ease 

than  myself,          stop;  it-is-allowed         to   the   brave  to-be 

eminus;      temeraria  virtus  nocuit     Ancaeo."       Dixit, 

at-a-distance ;          rash  valour    injured  to  Ancseua."       He  said, 

et    torsit       grave    cornum  aerata   cuspide, 

and     hurled  the  beary          cornel    [javelin]     with    brazen  point, 

quo  (abl.)   librato   bene,  que     future     potente      voti, 

which  being-poised  well,      and     about-to-be     powerful      of  wish 

frondosus     ramus     ab        esculeS,     arbore 

(to  succeed),  a   leafy  branch       from     a    beechen  tree 

obstitit.      Et  ^Bsonides     inisit    jaculum,     [150 

opposed.  Ani  (Jason)  son-of-^Esou         sent    a   apear, 

quod    casus        vertit       ab    illo,  et    figit    in 

which       accident     tiirns-awuy     from       it      (the  boar),  and  fastens  inU< 

19 


'288  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

mentum         latrantis,  et,      conjectum      Intel 

ihe  chin  of  a  barking          (dog),    and,          boing-c;ist        between 

ilia,     fixum-est  tellure     per  ilia.           At 

the  bowels,     was-fixed     in    the   earth         through    the    bowels.          But 

manus  (Enidae  variat,  que  duabua 

the  hand  of-the-son-of-(Eneus  (Meleager)    differs,       and  t\« 

missis,  prior     hasta     stetit  terra, 

(ipears)  being-sent,         the  former        spear        stood         in  the  earth, 

155]        altera  medio  tergo.     Nee  mora ; 

the  other       in  the  middle     back.          Nor     (was  there)  delay; 

dum      sasvit,    dum      versat         corpora    in      orbem, 

while  he  rages,         while  he  rolls         (his)  bodies  into   a   circle, 

que  fundit       stridentem  spumam  cuin  novo  sanguine ; 

and       pours     the  hissing  foam        with       new  blood  ; 

auctor  vulneris   adest;    que  irritat        hostem 

the  author       of  the  wound         is-present;     and    provokes  the  enemy 

ad     iram ;     que     condit        splendida     venabula     in 

to         anger;        and          hides       the  shining  hunting-spears   into 

adversos    armos.  Socii         testantur   gaudia 

(his)  adverse          shoulders.      (His)  companions        testify  joy* 

160]  secundo  clamore ;   que  petunt      conjungere 

with  favourable        shout;          and        seek      to  join-together 

victricem      dextram  dextrae ;  que 

(his)  victorious  right        (hand)    to    right  (hand);       and 

mirantes         spectant       immanem  feruin        jacentem 

wondering     they  view  the   immense  wild     (boar;   lying 

multa    tellure :     neque      putant  esse    adhuc 

on  much  earth:  nor       do-they-think  (him)  to-be         as-jet 

tutum  contingere ;  sed  tamen  quisque  cruentat       sua 

safe  to-touch :          but        yet  each  stains         bis-own 

tela.          Ipse    pressit         exitiabile    caput  pede 

weapons.       Himself    pressed       the    destructive          head  with   foot 

165]     imposito:  atque  dixit  ita,    ''Nonacria 

placed-on :  and         said     thus,        "Nonaerian       (Atalanta) 

sume       spolium      mei  juris,    et       gloria    veuiat     in 

take      the  spoil  of  my        right,     and  the  glory      may-come  into 

partem          mihi  cum  te."       Protinus       dat  exuvias, 

part  [share]    to   me         with    thee."         Immediately  he  gives         spoils, 


LIBER   OCTAVUS.  289 

terga   horrentia         rigidis    setis,    et  ora 

Ihe  backs  rough         with  stiff  bristles,    and  the  countenances 

insignia          magnis    dentibus.  Auctor 

[the  head]  remarkable    with    great  teeth.  The   author 

muneris  cum       munere  est     laetitiae     illi.     [170 

of  the  gift  with    the    gift  is     a  joy  to   her. 

Alii  invid£re  ;  que     murmur  erat         toto  agmine. 

The  others     envied ;          and  a  muttering       was  in  the  whole          troop. 

fe         quibus,        Thestiadae       tendentes  brachia 

Out-of       whom,         the-sons-of-Thestiu?       stretching     (their)  arms 

clamant         ingenti    voce,    "  Age  !    foemina,         pone, 

cry-out         with    great  voice,       "  Come !         woman,        place-aside, 

nec    intercipe    nostros    titulos :  nee          fiducia 

nor          intercept  our  titles  [honours] :  nor  'may  confidence 

formae   decipiat  te,   nec  auctor  captus      tuo 

of  beauty         'deceive     thee,     nor    'may  the  author         taken      by  thy 

amore    sit    longfc ;"     et          adimunt          huic     [175 

love  'be          afar;"  and  they  take-away      from   her 

munus,  illi        jus  muneris.     Mavortius 

the   gift,  from   him   the   right   of  the   gift.  Martial 

tulit    non,         et,    frendens         tumida     ira", 

(Meleager)  bore         not     (this),  and,      gnashing    with  swollen       anger, 

dixit,    "Discite,  raptores  honoris  alieni, 

•aid,  "Learn,       plunderers   of  the  honour     belonging-to-another, 

quantum    facta       distent  minis:"    que 

how-much         deeds      may-be-distant   [differ]       from   threats:"         and 

hausit  pectora        Plexippi,    timentia       nil 

be  drew    [pierced]    the    breasts         of  Plexippus,  fearing      nothing 

tale         nefando    ferro.  Patitur   baud 

luch    with    impious  iron   [sword].         He    suffers  not 

Toxea,    dubium    quid     faciat,     que   pariter    volentem 

cxeus,        doubtful       what     he-may-do,     and        equally  wishing 

ulcisci  fratrem,    que    timentem    fraterna    fata, 

ti.-revenge    (his'    brother,  and  fearing  fraternal          fate«, 

dubitare      diu:      quo      recalfecit  telum,  calidum 

to-hesitate   a-long-t.ime:  and  he  warmcd-iii;:iiii   (his)  weapon,  hot 

priorc    caede,  consorti    sanguine. 

with  former      slaughter,  in  (his)  social  blood. 


290  <mDn  METAMORPH. 

285]      Althaea,         nato  victore,      ferchat 

Althaea,     (her)  son     (Meleager  being)  conqueror,  was-bearmg 

dona  templis  deum,  cum       videt         fratres 

gifts      te   the  temples      of  the  gods,        when  she  sees       (hei)  brother! 

referri  extinctos.     Quae,  plangore  dato, 

to-be-bornc-back      extinct.  Who,        beating  [wailing]  being-given, 

implet       urbem          moestis    ululatibus ;    et    mutavit 

fills          the   city  with    sad  bowlings ;         and       changed 

auratas  atris    vestibus.       At  simul 

the  gilded          (robes)    with    black  robes.  But        as-soon-as 

auctor  necis    editus-est,    omnis   luctus   excidit 

the  author      of  the  death       was-uttercd,          all  grief  fell 

190]  que  versus-est    a    lacrimis  in  amorem         poenae. 

and     was-changed  from        tears       into       love        of  punishment. 

Erat         stipes,  quern,    cum  Thes- 

There-was  a  stump  (of  a  tree),  which,      when    (Althaea)    daughter-of- 

tias      jaceret  enixa  partus  (pi-},       triplices 

Thestius  might-lie  having-brought-forth  offspring,  the  three-fold 

forores      posuere  in  flammam ;  que  nentes       stamina 

sisters  [fates]    placed      into         flame;  and    spinning  the  threads 

fatalia  impresso  pollice,  dixerunt,  "  0 

belonging-to-fate    with    pressed  thumb,  said,  "  0  (thou) 

nate  modo,       darn  us       eadem  tempora,  que         ligno 

born     just-now,  we  give         the  same  times,         both  to  the  wood 

195]    que     tibi."     Quo  (abl.)  carmine  dicto  postquain 

and   to  thee."         Wuich  verse     being-said      after-thai 

deae        excessere ;         mater     eripuit      flagrantem 

the  goddesses       departed;        the    mother        snatched    a   flaming 

torrem    ab        igne ;    que    sparsit  liquentibus 

brand          from  the  fire ;  and      scattered    (it)    in  the  liquid 

undis.     Ille  fuerat   abditus      diu  imis 

waters.  It  (the  stump)  bad-been  concealed  a-long-time  in  the  lowest 

penetralibus ;  que     servatus        juvenis,       servaverat 

recesses  [depths  1;    and    being-preserved  0  youth,  it  bad-preserved 

tuos  annos.  Genitrix    protulit    hunc,  que  imperat 

\hy         years.         The   mother         brou^ht-forth     this,       and  commands 

200]     taedas       poni        in          fragmina,  et 

torches     to    be-placed    upon    the    broken-pieces  (of  wojd),  and 


LIBER   OCTAVUS.  291 

admovet      inimicos      ignes  positii.         Turn 

applies  hostile  fires         to   (them)    placed.  Then 

conata  quater  imponere  ramum 

having-cndeavoured          four-times          to   place-on  the   branch 

flammis,   quater          tenuit  coepta. 

to  the  fl;imcs,  four-times       she  held  [withheld]     the  undertakings. 

Que       mater  que       soror  pugnant,  et       duo  diversa 

Both  the  mother      and  the  sister          fight,         and  the  two      different 

nomina  trahunt       unum  pectis.     Ssepe  oi&, 

names         draw  [distract]     one       breast.         Often     (her)    countenances 

pallebant  metu  sceleris          futuri :     [205 

did-grow-pale       with    fear       of  the    wickedness     about-to-be: 

saepe  fervens   ira   dabat   suum   ruborem  oculis: 

often         glowing   anger  did-give       its  redness       to  (her)  eyes : 

et  modo         vultus  erat  similis  minanti       nescio 

and    now    (her)  look          was       like        to  (one)  threatening  I  know-not 

quid  crudele ;  modo  quern         posses          credere 

what        cruel         (thing);  now      which  thou  mightest-be-able  to-believe 

misereri.     Que  cum  ferus  ardor  animi  siccaverat 

to-pity.  And    when    fierce     heat  [passion]  of  mind     had-dried-up 

lacrimas,    tamen    lacrimse   inveniebatur.     Que   ut 

(her)  tears,  yet  tears  were-found.  And      as 

carina,     quarn       ventus,  que     aestus  contrarius  [210 

a  keel  [ship],  which    the   wind,          and  a  tide  opposite 

vento   rapit,    sentit     geminam  viin,  que     incerta 

to  the  wind         seizes,         feels      a  double  force,    and        unsteady 

paret         duobus ;  baud  aliter  Thestias 

obeys     to  the  two;  not    otherwise  (Althaea)  daughter-of-Thestius 

errat          dubiis  affectibus,   que   in   vices  ponit 

wanders  with  doubtful     affections,         and      in        turn      places   (aaide) 

que      resuscitat  positam  iram.        Tamen 

and          rouses-again     (her)     placed          (aside)      anger.  Tet 

germana  incipit  esse  melior  parente  ; 

the  sister  begins      to-be     better   [superior]    than    the   parent; 

et,  ut       leniat  consanguineas  umbras,          [215 

and,  that  she-may-soothe  the  kindred  shades     (of  her 

est    pia  impietate.     Nam    postquam 

brothers),  ihe  is        pious   in  (her)  impiety.  For  after-th* 


292  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

pestifer   ignis    convaluit,        dixit.    "  Iste         rogua 

Ihe  deadly  fire        grew-strong,  she  said,  "  That     funeral-pile 

cremet      mea    viscera."  Que    ut        tenebat 

may-burn         my          bowels   [my   son]."          And       as     she   did-hold 

lignum       fatale  dir&     manu,  infelix          adstitit 

wood          relating-to-fate   in    dreadful   hand,     unhappy     she  stood-neit 

220]  ante       sepulcrales  aras ;  que  inquit,  "  Eumenidei?, 

before  the  sepulchral         altars;    and       said,  "Furies, 

triplices     deae          poenarum,  advertite  vestros  vultus 

three-fold     goddesses   of  punishments,          turn  your  looks 

furialibus     sacris.  Ulciscor  que      facio   nefas: 

to  furious  sacred-rites.          I   revenge         and     I   do          impiety : 

mors   est     pianda          morte :    scelus    est    addendum 

death         is     to-be-expiated  by  death :          crime        is          to-be-added 

in   scelus,  funus  in  funera.  Impia  domus     pereat 

•»nto    crime,     funeral  unto  funerals.       The  impious     house    may-perish 

225]    per        coacervatos       luctus.         An       (Eneus 

through     heaped-together          griefs.          Whether          (Eneus 

felix     fruetur        nato  (abl.)  victore ;  Thestius        erit 

happy  shall-he-enjoy  a  son  victorious;      Thestius  shall-he-be 

orbus?  Ambo  lugebitis  melius. 

oereft?          |  'Ye  both        'will-mourn      better.      [It  is  better  that  both 

Modc>  vos,  manes  fraterni, 

should  mourn.]  Only       you,      ghosts  belonging  'to  (my)  'brothers, 

que    recentes    animae,    sentite    meum    officium,    que 

jind  fresh  spirits,         perceive          my  duty,  and 

accipite  inferias  paratas          magno, 

accept  gaorifices-for-the-dead      prepared      with    great  (price), 

230]         mala    pignora      nostri     uteri.      Heu   mihi ! 

the  wicked      pledges      of  our   [my]  womb.         Alas  me ' 

quo        rapior  ?  Fratres,    ignoscite       mat)  . 

whither     am-I-seized  [hurried]  1      Brothers,  pardon          n    mothe  . 

Manus    deficiunt    ad        coepta.  Fatemui 

(My)  hatds  fail  to     the  undertakings.         We   confess 

ilium       meruisse       cur      pereat,  auctor     raortia 

him          to-b are-deserved     why  he  may-perish,  the  author     of  death 

displice';   mihi.       Ergo         feret  impune' ;      que 

displeases         me.  Tberet'ore      shull-he-bear      with-itupunityj      and 


LIBER    OCTAVU8.  293 

vivus,  et    victor,    ct    tumidus  successu   ipso, 

alive,       arid    conqueror,  aud      swollen  [proud]  with  success  itself, 

habebit          regnura     Calydonis  ?     Vos-jacebitis  [235 

shall-he-hnve  the  kingdom  of  Calydon  ?  Shall-you-lie 

exiguus   cinis  (siny.)   que   gelidae    umbrae  ?     Equidera 

little  ashes  and          cold          shades  ?  Truly 

baud  patiar.         Sceleratus  pereat,     que 

1  'will  not      'suffer  (it).     The  wicked         (Meleager)  may-he-perish,  and 

trahat  que  spem  patris,  que 

iijay-he-Jniw         both         the   hope         of  (bis)  father      (OEncus),      and 

regni,     que       ruinam  patriae.     Ubi    est 

of  tlie  kingdom,   and  the  ruin  of  the  country.        Where     is  (uay) 

materna  mens  ?  ubi  sunt        pia  jura      parentum  ?   et 

maternal       mind?     where    are     the  pious  rights  of  parents?  and 

labores,  quos     sustinui,  bis  quinque  mensum?   [240 

the  labours,       which    I   sustained,  twice       five  months  ? 

0  utinam  arsisses  infans         primis 

0  would-tbat  thou-mightest-have-been-burned  an  infant    in  the  first 

ignibus :    que    ego       passa-forem       id !  vixisti 

tires:  and         I         might-have-suffered      that!      thou-hast-lived 

nostro    munere :  nunc       moriere     tuo     merito. 

by  our  [my]  gift:  ii"w  thou  shalt-die  by  thy-own  desert  [fault]. 

Cape       prsemia          facti,  que  redde         aniraam    bis 

Take      the  rewards     of  the  deed,      and     return     (thy)  life  twice 

datam,     primum    partu,     mox  stipite 

given,  first          at-birth,       soon     [a  second-time]     the  stump 

rapto :       vel  adde  me     fraternis  sepulcris.     Et     [245 

being-seized :  or       add     me  to  fraternal  tombs.         Both 

cupio,    et      nequeo.     Quid    agam?      Modo 

1  wish,         and  I  am-unable.      What     shall-I-act  ?       Now  [sometime.*] 

vulnera  fratrum  sunt  ante        oculos      mihi, 

the  wounds       of  (my)  brothers         are      before  the  eyes          to   me, 

et        imago       tantae     caedis ;     nunc    pietas, 

and  the  picture    of    so-great     slaughter;       now          piety     [affection], 

que  materna  nomina  frangimt.  Me  miseram ! 

Hinl       maternal         names  break   [vanquish].         Me        wretched! 

fratres,       vincetis      mate ;    sed    vincite,    dummodo 

0  brothers,      yj  will-conquer     badly  but       < •<  •  <)>ior,  i">  tluit 


294  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

ipsa     sequar    vos,  que       solatia      quae  dedero 

myself  will-follow    you,     and  the  consolations  which  I  shall-have-given 

250]         vobis."  Dixit,     que  aversa, 

to   you."  She   said,  and  being- turned-away, 

conjecit       funereum  torrem         trementi       dextra" 

ehe  cast  the  fatal  brand      with  trembling        right-hand 

in        medios  ignes.     Ille  stipes  aut  dedit  aut  visus-est 

into  the  middle        fires.         That    stump   either  gave       or  seemed 

dedisse       gemitus,    et    correptus    ab    invitis   ignibus 

to-have-given     groans,        and     being-seized      by     unwilling  fires 

arait.     Meleagros  inscius  atque  absens  uritur  ab  ilia 

burnt.  Melenger      ignorant       and         absent      is-burnt    by     that 

255]    flamma,  et  sentit         viscera     torreri         csecis 

flame,          and     feels     (his)  bowels      to-be-scorched   by    blind 

ignibus,    ac        superat  magnos      dolores 

[hidden]    fires,  but     he   overcomes      the   great  paint 

virtute.     Tamen     moeret,  quod       cadat          ignavo 

by  valour.  Yet      he  grieves,    because  he  may-fall  by  an  inactive 

leto,  et  sine  sanguine ;  et      dicit       vulnera     Ancaei 

death,  and  without      blood;         and  he  says    the  wounds       of  Ancaoui 

felicia:     que      vocat  grandaevum    patrem, 

(to  be)  fortunate :       and  he  calls-on       his   aged  father, 

260]    que    fratrem,    que   pias  sorores,    que 

and         brother,        and      pious    [affectionate]    sisters,  and 

sociam  tori,     cum        gemitu,  supremo 

the   partner        of  (his)    bed,         with       a  groan,  with   last 

ore ;  et    forsitan  matrem.     Que 

mouth  [voice] ;  and      perhaps     (he   called   on    his)    mother.  Both 

ignis  que       dolor  crescunt,  que  iterum  languescunt : 

Jhe  fire         and  the  pain         increase,      and      again  grow-languid : 

simul        uterque     extinctus-est,     que  paulatim 

as-soon-as          each  was-extinguished,       and         by   little-and-little 

spiritus  abiit    in  leves  auras,     paulatiin  caria 

the  spirit        departed  into   light       airs,     by  little-and-little  the  grayish 

favilla  (sing.}  pruna  velante.     Alta  Calydon 

embers    [turned]    into  a  live-coal       by  covering-up.     Lofty        Calydon 

265]  jacet :  que  juvenes  que  senes  lugent ;  que 

lies  [low] :  both       youths        and      old-men       mourn ;         bmb 


LIBER   OCTAVUS.  295 

vulgus     que      proceres  gemunt,  que      Calydonidea 

(he  commonalty  and  the  uobles  groan,        and  the  Calydoniao 

Eveninae  matres  scissae          capillos       planguntur. 

Evenian         mothers         cut      (as  to)  locks          are  beaten         [bewail]. 

Genitor  fusus  humi      foedat        canitiera 

The  father        poured  [Wretched]  on-the-ground  pollutes  (his)  hoariness 

que  seniles  vultus       pulvere,  que  increpat       spatiosum 

and        aged       looks    with  <lu.-t,  and      chides      (bis)   spacious 

aevum.        Nam         manus      conscia  sibi 

[extended]  age.  For       the   hand  conscious        to   itself 

diri   facti,    exegit      poenas      de       matre,     [270 

of  the  dread     deed,       exacted     punishments  from  the  mother, 

ferro  acto         per         viscera.      Si       deua 

the  iron  [sword]       being-driven  through  the  bowels.  If  the  gods 

dedisset  inihi  ora  sonantia         centum  linguis, 

might-have-given  to  me      mouths   sounding     with  a-hundred     tongues, 

tjue      capax         ingeniuin,    que         totum    Helicona, 

and      a   capacious  ability,  and     the    whole  Helicon, 

persequerer    non         tristia     dicta  miserarum 

I  would-pursue  not       the    sad  sayings     of   the  wretched 

sororum.     Immemores     decoris,       tunduiit       liventia 

sisters.  Unmindful     of  grace,         they  strike       (their;    livid 

pectora;    que    dum        corpus  manet,     [275 

breasts;  and      while   the    body       (of  Meleager)  remains, 

que    fovent  que  refovent     corpus :    danf 

both     they  cherish        and       re-cherish        the   body :          they   give 

oscula      ipsi,         dant  oscula  posito  lecto.     Post 

ki?.-L\s       to    it,       they   give         kisses     to  the  placed        beds.         After 

cinerem  (sing.)         versant       haustos  cineres 

ihe  ashes  they  pour          the   drawn  [taken-up]         ashes 

ad          pectora;  que    affusae  turaulo 

to  (their)  breasts;          and  poured-near  [stretched  near]  to  the  tomb 

jacent;     que        complex*  nomma     signatu 

they  lie;  and        hav ing-embraced       the    names  marked 

saxo,         fundunt    lacrimas   in        nomina.     [280 

•o  the  stone,     they   pour  tears        into  the  names. 


296  OVIDII    METAMOKPH. 


FAB.  IV.     (Metam.  Lib.  VIII.  618—724.) 

DE  PHILEMON  E     ET    BAUCIDE. 

CONCERNING       PHILEMON      AND    BAUCIS. 

Ait       sic:  "Potentia        coeli     est 

'He  (Lelex)  'speaks       thus:       "The    power  of  heaven        is 

iinmensa,     que     habet     non        finem :     et     quidquid 

immense,  and          has  nut        a   limit :          and      whatsoever 

Superi      voluere,       peractum-est.     Que  quo 

the  Gods-abore  have-willed,  has-been-accomplished.    And  that  you-'may 

minus   dubites ;       est       in  Phrygiis     collibua 

the  less        'be-in-doubt:     there-is    among    the    Phrygian  hills 

quercus  contermina       tiliae,     circumdata        modico 

an  oak  contiguous     to  a  lime-tree,       enclosed       by  a  moderate 

5]  muro.     Ipse       vidi         locum :  nam  Pittheu» 

[low]  wall.      'I  myself  'have-seen  the  place :          for  Pittheuf 

rnisit  me  in        Pelopeia  arva,  quondam  regnata 

sent       me  into  |  the  Pelopian    fields,  [Phrygia,]  formerly  ruled  [subject] 

suo  parenti.  Haud  procul   hinc    est    stagnum ; 

to  his         father     [Pelops],     Not  far      frotn-here    is    a  swamp; 

olim  habitabilis      tellus ;      nunc 

at-that-time    (it    was)    a    habitable  land ;         at-present   (it   if) 

undse  celebres  mergis  que  palustribua 

a  collection-of-waters  [a  lake]  abounding-in  divers      and  |  fenny 

felicis.  Jupiter      venit 

coots         [t.  e.  water- fowls  that  delight  in  fens],          Jupiter  cams 

hue,         mortal!  specie,    que     cum  parente 

hither,  in  a  mortal  [human]  shape,         and     along-with  (his)  father 

Atlantiades  caducifer 

(also  came)  tne  descendant-of-Atlus  [Mercury]  the  bearing-a-herald's-stafl 

10]  alis      positis.  Adi&re      mille     domos, 

(his)  wings  being-put-off.      They  went-to     thousands-of    houses, 

petentes     locum  que  requiem:         serae  clausere 

seeking         a  place  [lodging]  ani         repose:       (but)  bars  closed 

mille         domos.     Tameri    una  recepit, 

'f.<>  thousandi-ol'  houses.  Yet         one    (house)    received     (themji 


LIBER    OCTAVtS.  297 

parva  quidem,  que  tecta  stipulis  et  palustri 

email          indeed,      and    covered  [thatched]  with  straw      and      swampy 

canna :    sed   Baucis      pia        anus,        que    Philemon 

reed:  but       Baucis       a  pious       old-woman,      and          Philemon 

parili  aetate,  juncti-sunt  ilia 

ic  an  equal        age,          were-joined       (in   matrimony)  under  that  (rotf 

juvenilibus    annis,      consenuere         ilia 

in  (their)  youthful  years,         grew-old-together  in  that  (homely) 

cas&:  que      fatendo         paupertateui   effecere          [15 

cottage:    and   by  owning     (their)  poverty  made  (it) 

levem  nee         ferendam  iniquE        mente. 

light   [easy]         and-not         to-be-borne    with    a   discontented        mind. 

Nec  refert  ne      requiras     illic 

|  It  'does  not     'matter     [it  matters  not]    whether    you-may-'ask  there 

dominos,  famulos;        tota     domus 

'for   the   masters,      (or   for)   the   servants;    the   whole     house  [family] 

aunt    duo :    idem  que  parent  que  jubent. 

are        (but)  two :         the  same         both  obey  and     command. 

Ergo      ubi  crelicollae  tetig£re 

Therefore  when  the  dwelling-in-heaven    [heavenly  guests]          reached 

parvos       penates;  que    [20 

(these)  petty         household-deities  [this  homely  habitation];  and 

intrarunt  humiles  postes  vertice         sub- 

entered-in-through  the  low  posts  [doors]  the  head        being-low- 

misso;  senex  jussit  relevare         membra 

ered  [stooping] ;  the  old-man     bade     (them)  to-ease        their   limbs 

sedili       posito :  quo  sedula  Baucis  superinjecit 

a  seat        being-offered :     'over  which     busy      Baucis  'threw 

rude  textum.  Inde     dimovit     tepidum  cinerem  (ting.) 

a  coarse    texture.      Then  she  removed  the  warm  ashes 

foco :      et       suscitat         hesternos  ignes ;  que 

from  the  fire-place:  and  she  stirs-up     the   yesterday's        firea;        and 

nutrit  foliis   et   sicco  cortice;  et  pro-    [25 

nourishes  (them)  with    leaves    und      dry         luirk  ;        and  leads- 

ducit  ad  flam  in  as  anili          aniinu:  que 

forth  [blows]  (them)  into     flames    with  (her)  old-womanish  l.ruath  :      and 

detulit  tecto  multifidas  faces  quo  arida  ramalia, 

the  brought-from  the  roof      finely-split     faggut*  and      dry   brush -wooil. 


298  ovum  METAMORPH. 

et  minuit,  que  admovit  parvo 

and     'broke     (them)  'in-pieces,   and          'put       (them)  'unier  a  small 

aeno  Que       truncat  olus  (sing.) 

brazen-vessel  [kettle].        And  she  cuts-off  [strips]  the  vegetables 

quod   suutf  conjux  collegerat  riguo          horto, 

which       her      husband    had-gathered    in  (his)  well- watered     garden, 

foliis.     Ille  levat          sordida 

from  [of]  the  leaves.         He    (Philemon)  takes-down    a    rusty    [dingy] 

terga     suis,  pendentio       nigro        tigno,  bicorni 

chine     of  bacon,      hanging     on  a  black  [sooty]  beam,  with  a  two-pronged 

30]    furea:      que      resecat      exiguam      partem      de 

fork :  and          cuts-off      a  scanty  part          from 

tergore     diu     servato;  que  domat         sectara 

the    body         long-since    latd-up;        and       'boils        the    sliced         (part) 

ferventibus    undis  (pL).     Interea  fallunt 

'soft  in  boiling-hot  water.  Meantime      they  while-away 

inedias     boras  sermonibus :  que  prohibent 

the  intermediate  hours  in  (various)  discourses  :  and  prevent 

moram        sentiri.  Fagirieus      alveus      erat 

the    delay  to-be-felt.  A    beechen  bathing-tub         was 

35]    illic,    suspensus         clavo    ab      curva   ans^:    is 

there,       suspended      on  a  peg          by     a  crooked    handle:  that 

impletur         tepidis    aquis  (pi-) ',    que  accipit       artus 

is-filled  with  warm  water :  and      receives    the  limbs 

fovendos.         In        raedio  est      torus   de 

to-be-warmed.          In     the  middle  (of   the   room)       is       a   bed  of 

mollibus  ulvis  (pi.)  impositus     lecto,  sponda  que 

soft  sedge  laid-upon     a  couch,  (with   a)   frame          and 

pedibus        salignis.  Velant    hunc         vestibus, 

feet  of  willow-wood.       They  cover  this      with    garments, 

40]    quas  consuerant      sternere     nisi  festo 

which     they    had-been-wont      to-spread-out     only     on  a  festival 

tempore:        sed   et   bcec    vestis   erat   que    vilis    que 

time  [occasion] :    but     even     this     coverlet      was      both     paltry       and 

vetus,    non    indignanda  saligno    lecto.  Dei 

old,  not  unsuitable        for  a  willow  bed.          The  godi 

accubu£re.  Anus 

laid-themselres-down-upon  (it).         The   old-woman  'having  (her  gown) 


LIBER    OCTAVUS.  299 

succincta    quo    tremens    ponit     mcnsam. 

'tucked-up        and       trembling         'seta      a   table  'before   (them). 

Sed         tertius   pes   crat   impar; 

But    (its)     third          foot      was      unequal  (to  the  remaining  two  feet); 

testa   fecit       parem.     Quae   postquam  sub- 

a  shell        made  (it)  equal.  WLich  after  having-been-put 

dita  sustulit       clivum ;  virentes    [45 

uuder  (the  foot)  removed  the  uncvenness  (of  the  table);          green 

mentae  terserc      acquatam.  Bicolor       bacca 

mint  wiped     the  levelled          (table).     The  double-coloured      fruit 

sincerse    Minervse     ponitur     hie,    que     autumnalia 

of  pure  Minerva          is-placed     on-this,     and  autumnal 

corna          condita    in  liquida"  faece,  que  intuba, 

cornel-cherries  preserved  |  in       liquid       brine     [pickle],  and        endive;, 

et    radix,  et     massa      coacti  lactis ;  que  ova,  leviter 

ind  radish,    and  a  mass        of  curdled     milk;        and     eggs,  |     lightly 

rersata  favilla1  (sing.)  non       acri;    [50 

Hirned      [gently  roasted]  in  the  glowing-embers       not  (very)  hot : 

)mnia  fictilibus.       Post  haec  caelatus  crater 

til         (these)  in  earthfii-vt-.-'srls.     After   these  (things)  a  graven        bowl 

eadem  argillS,  sistitur ;  que  pocula  fabricata 

'made)  from  the  same    white-clay  is-set-out;     and       cups  made 

fago,  qua          cava  sunt     illita 

from  beech-wood,     in-which    the  hollow  (parts)  [insidcs]     are     smeared 

flaventibus    ceris.     Mora   est   parva ;        foci  (pi.) 

with  yellow  wax.         Delay  there-is     little;       the  fire-place 

mis£re        calentes  epulas :  ncc  vina  longae 

furnished  the  glowing         dishes:       'and  |  wines  'not  of  long      [great] 

senectae  referuntur  rursus;  que    [55 

old-age       [i.e.  almost  new  wines]  are-returned      again;         and 

seducta  paulum        dant  secundis 

having-been  withdrawn  a  little         they  give     (place)  to  the  second 

mensis.  Hie    est  nux,  hie   carica 

tables  [course].      Here  there-is  hard-?helled-fruit  [nuts],  here  dried-n^'j 

mixta         rugosis    palmis,    que   pruna,    et   redolentia 

mixed     with   wrinkled        dates,        and       plumbs,     and  fragrant 

mala     in     patulis     canistris,    et      uvse    collect®    de 

aj'plcd       in  \vMi<  baskets,         and     grapes        gathered     from 


300  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

purpureis   vitibus.         Candidus         favus      est   in 

the  purple  vines.  A  glistening-white  honey-comb     is       in 

60]         medio.     Boni  vultus     accesserc    super 

the  midst.  Good  [friendly]      looks        were-added        above 

omnia:  nee  voluntas  iners  que 

all:  'and  a    will  'uot   inactive  and 

pauper.     Interea  quoties         vident     haustum  cratera 

mean.  Meanwhile  as-often-a?  they  sec          the  drained  bowl 

repleri  sua   sponte,  que        vina   succrescere 

to-be-filled-again  by  its-own    accord,       and   the   wines  to-grow-up 

per  se,  attoniti  novitate 

through  themselves,  having-been-thunderstruek  by  thestrange-appearano 

pavent,  que  supinis  manibus, 

they  tremble-with-fear,  and       |  with  upturned        hands,   [»'.  e.  with  npe| 

65]  que  Baucis  que  timidus  Phila 

hands  turned  upwards,]  both      Baucis     and  faint-hearted    Phile- 
mon concipiunt  preces  et  orant  veniam 

inon    resort-to  [utter]  prayers  and       beg        pardon    for  (their  homely 

dapibus    que    nullis  paratibus.      Erat        unicua 

feast  and         no  [want  of]  preparations.     There-was  an  only 

anser,       custodia  minimae          villae,          quern 

goose,      the  guardian     of  (this)    least   [little]    country-seat,  which 

domini  parabant     mactare  dis 

(its)  masters  [owners]    were-preparing     to-sacrifice     to  the  gods    (their) 

hospitibus.     Ille  celer  penna  fatigat 

guests.  He     swift    by  (aid  of  his)   wing          wearies    (them) 

tardos  aetate ;    que  eludit  diu :  que 

tardy       through    age;  and     eludes     (them)  a-long-while :        and 

tandem      visus-est  confugissa  ad  deos 

at-length  was-seen  to-have-fled-for-refuge          to         the   gods 

70]    ipsos.  Superi          vetuSre  necari, 

themselves.     The  celestial-deities         forbade         (it)  to-be-killed, 

que     dixerunt,  "  Sumus      Di,      que  impia 

a.  i  said,  "  We    are  Gods,         and       (this)    impious 

vicinia  luet  meritas  poenas.  Dabitur 

neighbourhood  shall-pay  [suffer]  merited  punishments.  It  shall-be-granted 

vobis  esse  immunibus      hujus  mali  :  modo  relinquite 

to  you       to-be  freed          of  this        calamity :    only  lear* 


LIBER   OCTAVUS.  801 

vestra    tecta,  ac    comitate    nostros    gradus, 

your  roofs  [habitation],  and    accompany  our  steps, 

et  ite  simul  in     ardua  mentis.'     Parent,    [75 

imd  go  at-once  to  the  steep  (places)  of  the  mountain.'    They  obey, 

et          dis    praeeuntibus    ambo    levant  membra 

and   the   gods         going-before          both       support      (their)    limbs 

baculis ;    que  tardi         senilibus    annis,         nitun- 

•with   staves ;          and      tardy  from  senile  years,       they   press- 

tur      ponere  vestigia  longo  clivo. 

forward    to-put       (their)   footsteps     on  the  long  ascending-height. 

Tantum  aberant         summo,  quantum    missa 

So-much    they  were-distant-from  the  summit,         as-far-as     a  sent  [shot] 

eagitta  potest  ire   semel :  flexure          oculos, 

arrow          ie-able  to-go  at-a-single  (shot) :  they  turned    (their)  eyes, 

et      prospiciunt    csetera  mersa 

and  they  behold         the  other  (tbingi)  [i.  t.  all  the  country  round]      suuk 

palude :  sua     tecta         tantum  manere.    [80 

in  a  uiornss :      (and)  their-own    roofs  [house]      only       to-reiuain. 

Que     dum  mirantur         ea;  dum 

And         while         they    are-amazed-at        those    (things);        (and)    while 

deflent      fata     suorum,  ilia  vetus  casa  etiam 

they  mourn     the  fates  of  their  (friends),  that       old     cottage      even 

parva      duobus  dominis,  vertitur    in     templum : 

small      for  two  masters  [owners],  is-changcd  into  a  temple: 

columnae          subie"re  furcas : 

columns         came-into-the-place-of    the  fork-lhaped-propa  [the  gable  of 

stramina  flavcscunt,       que       tellus 

the   house];  the  straw-coverings  twoome-gold-fioloniwd,  aud   the  ground 

adoperta         marmore,    que    caelatae   fores,    que    [85 

paved-over   with    marble,  and       sculptured     gates,        and 

aurata    tecta  videntur.       Turn  Saturnius 

gilded  roofs    [ceilings]    are-seeri.  Then         the    son-of-Satnrn 

edidit   talia  placido    ore: 

[Jupiter]    uttered        such  (things  as  follow;     j    with    calm  mouth : 

'  Dicite,  juste  senex,  et  femina    digna 

[with  gentle  accent]:     'Say,         just      old-man,  and  woman  worthy-of 

justo       conjuge,      quid         optetis?'        Philemon 

(•ij  ju.-t          a  .-)»>ii  i-.  wliat        you-uiay-desire?'  Philemon 


302  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

locutus  pauca  cum  Baucide,       apcrit 

having-spoken  :i  few         (words)  with         Baucis,     makes-known  (their, 

commune      judicium  Superis :  '  Poscimus 

common  [joint]     decision     to  the  Gods-above:  'We    wish 

90]    esse  sacerdotes,    que  tueri  vestra 

to-be    (your)    priests,  and     to-have-the-care-of         your 

delubra :    et    quoniam         egimus    Concordes    annos ; 

temples:          and     since-new      we    have-lived     harmonious  years 

eadem  hora    auferat           duos  : 

'let  the  same          hour      'bear-off        the   two :         [i.  e.  the   same   hour 

nec     unquam      videam        busta  (pi.)     meae 

of  death :]  neither          ever  may-I-see     the  tomb  of  my 

conjugis,  neu     sim  tumutandus  ab  illaV     Fides 

wife,  nor    may-I-be  [live]     to-be-buried      after  her.'     A  promise 

sequitur          vota :         fuere       tutcla  tem- 

[grant]  attends       (their)  wishes :  they  were  guardians  of  the  tem- 

pli,     donee     vita     data-est:     soluti  annis 

pie,      as-long-as    life        was-granted:      loosed  [enervated]    by   years 

95]    que     aevo,     cum     forte"  starent  ante 

and         age,        when  by-chance  they  might-stand  [stood]  before 

sacros  gradus,  que  narrarunt  casus         loci ; 

the  sacred         steps,      and   might-relate  [related]  the  events  of  the  place  ; 

Baucis    conspexit    Philemona    frondere, 

Baucis  beheld  Philemon       to-become-leafy,  (and)  the  (now) 

senior  Philemon  Baucida    frondere.       Que  jam 

older  Philemon     (beheld)      Baucis     to-becoine-leafy.      And      now 

cacumine  crescente  super         geminos  vultus,     dum 

a   tree-top  growing-up     above   (their)  two  faces,        while-yet 

licuit,  reddebant   mutua   dicta ; 

it-was-allowed,    |    they  were-returning  mutual     sayings;  [they  mutually 

10O]  <lue         dixere,  simul,     'Vale, 

exchanged  discourses;]    and    they    said,         at-once,    'Farewell, 

0   conjux ! '      frutex  simul   texit 

0        spouse!'      |  a  bush     [or  trunk  of  a  tree]  at-once    covered  (their) 

abdita    ora. 

hidden      mouths          [i.  «.    at   once   the   bark    closed   upon    their   lips]. 

Incola    Tyaneius  adhuc  ostendit  illic  vicinos 

The  inhabitant    of-Tyana         still  shows       there     the  neighbouring 


LIBER    OCTAVU8.  303 

truncos  de          gemino  corpore.  Senes 

trunks  [trees]  (formed)  from  (their)  double      body  [two  h<«liefl].  Old-men 

non  vani  narrav^re  haec  mihi  (nee        erat 

Dot    empty  (talkers)  related         these  (things)  to  me    (neither  waa-there 

cur  vellent       fallere).  Equidem 

(any  reason;  why       they  should- wish      ti-deceive     (me).  Indeed 

vidi       serta  pendentia  super       ramos,   [ios 

'I  (myself)  'saw  the  garlands      hanging       upon     the  boughs, 

que  ponens  recentia,  dixi,         '  Pii  sunt  cura 

and      putting       fresh  (ones  to  them),  I  said,    'The  Good     ara     a  sar« 

diis,  et          coluntur     qui     colu£re.'" 

to  the  gods,  and  they  are-honoured  who  have-honour*!  (thom'i.  * 

•jo 


304  OVI1>1I   METAMOKPH, 


LIBER     NONUS, 

BOOK  THE  NINTH. 


FAB    I      (Metam.  Lib.  IX.  134—272  ) 

MOR8  HERCULIS. 

THE    DEATH    OF   HERCULES. 

MORA  inedii   temporis     fuit     longa: 

THB  delay       uf  the  middle          time          has-been      long       [a  long 

que       acta          magni  Herculis, 

interval  of  time  succeeded] :  and  the  deeds  of  tbe  great  Hercules, 

que       odium  novercao  implerant       terras. 

and   the   hatred     of  (his)  step-mother  [Juno]  hail-tilled        the   lands 

Victor  ab    (Echali& 

[the    whole   earth].       The   conqueror   (ou    his    way)     from         CBchalia 

parabat  sacra    vota  Censeo  Jovi,  cum 

was-preparing  the  sacrifices  vowed  (by  him)  to  Cenci-an      Jove,    when 

loquax   fatna,    quae   gaudet   addere   falsa     vcris, 

babbling      fame,       which     delights        to-add        false  to  true  (things), 

5]      et    crescit     e         minima 

and  insreases  from  |  the  least        (report)  [the  smallest  beginning] 

per    sua    mendacia,    praeccssit  ad    tuas    auras, 

by      its-own  lies,  |    went-before  [came]     to         thy  ears, 

De'ianira,  Amphitrjoniaden       teneri 

Dejanira,  (that)    the   son-of- Amphitryon  was-possessed    with    a 

ardore          loles.  Amans  credit :       and 

burning-love  of  lole.          The    loving         (Dejanira)    believes    (it) :   and 

perterrita  famS,  novse  Veneris, 

thoroughly-frightened   by    th»   »eport        »f  a   new          Love  [mistress} 


LIBER    NONUS.  305 

primo     itidulsit        lacrimis ;    que        miscranda 

at-first         gave-vent      to    tear.- :  and     the   to-be-pitied         (one) 

diffudit     suura   dolorem      flendo :  mot  deinde        ait, 

poured-out       her  grief       by   weeping :     soon  thereupon  she  says, 

"  Quid    autem     flemus  ?  Pellex  laetabitur 

"Why        however   do-we-wcep  ?      The  kept-mistress  will-bc-gladdened 

istis     lacrimis.        Quae     quoniam         adventat    [io 

by  these  tears.  Who          since-now      she  eoines-near 

properandum   est,  que     aliquid         novandum, 

making-haste  is      (to  me),     and       something     new-is-to-be-done 

dum  licet,          et          altera 

[must  be  devised],    while-that    it-is-permitted,     and     the   other       (one 

nondum   tenet   nostros     thalamos.         Conquerar,  an 

not-yet        possesses       our  [my]  bridal-chambers.     Shall-I-couiplain,  or 

sileam  ?  Ne        repetam     Calydona,        morer  ? 

inust-I-be-silent  ?    Whether  shall-I-return-to  Calydon,  (or)  uiust-I-reuiain 

Exedam  tectis,     an    sic, 

(here)?     Must-I-depart  from  (these)  roofs,         or      thus,  (if  I  may  do) 

nihil  amplius,  obstern?  Quid  si      rnemor, 

nothing    more,  oppose       (their  entrance)  ?     What  if  remembering, 

Meleagre,       me     esse  tuam     sororem,    [15 

Meleager,  |    me        to-be    [that   I   am]   thy  sister, 

paro      forte  facinus ;    que  testor       pellice 

I  prepare  a  strong  [desperate]    deed;  and      show    the  concubine 

jugulata,        quantum      feminens    dolor    que    injuria 

being-murdered,     how-much     a   woman's  grief        and          wrong 

possit?"  Animus  abit      in      varies 

may-be-capable-of?"        (Her)  mind  |    goes-away  into         various 

cursus ;  prsetulit    omnibus 

courses       [wavers  amidst  various  resolves] ;  she  preferred  to  all 

mittere       illi         vestem    imbutam 

(other   resolves)     to-send       to   him    the   garment  dyed         in    the 

Nesseo    sanguine,    quae        reddat        vires        defecto 

Kessean  blood,  which     may-give-back     strength  to  enfeebled 

amori:    que     nescia    quid         tradat  ipsa    [20 

love:  and  not-knowing  what  |  she  may-give-up  'she  herself 

tradit  suos     luctus 

"handg.over        herown       woes  [«'. «.  the  cause  -if  her  grief  J  to  the 


OVTDII   METAMORPH. 

ignaro     Lichae :    que        miserrima  mandat 

ancojjscious  Lichas:        and     the  most-wretched   (one)    enjoins       (him) 

blandis  verbis,  ut        det       ilia  dona  viro. 

with    flattering     words,    that  he  may-give  that    gift   to  (her)  husband, 

Inscius  heros  capit,        que  induitur  humeria 

Th«  unwitting      hero       takes     (it),     and       puts-on         (his,)    shoulder* 

virus  Lernaeae    Echidnae. 

the  poison  [i.e.  the  poisoned  garment]  of  the  Lernsean  hydra. 

Dabat        tura     et      precantia  verba 

He  was-offering    incense   and    |    supplicating     words     [prayersj    |    with 

25]         primis  flammis; 

the  first  flames       [  i.  e.  in  the  beginning  of  the  sacrifice]  ; 

que  fundebat  vina          patera  in        marmoreas  aras : 

and     was-pouring   wines  from  a  goblet   upon  the  marble  altars: 

ilia      vis         mali  incaluit ;       que    resoluta 

that      power      of  evil  [poison]  grew-warm:          and         dispersed 

flammis  abiit     late    diffusa 

by  flames  [»".  e.  by  the  heat  of  the  body]     went      widely        spread 

per  Herculeos   artus.     Dum      potuit,     repressit 

through  the  Herculean  limbs.         While  he  could,      he  suppressed 

gemitum  solita,   virtute.      Postquam 

(his)    groaning       with    (his)    wonted      fortitude.  After-thai      (his) 

patientia        victa-est  malis,  repulit 

patience  was-conquered        by  (his)  miseries,         he  pushed-away 

30]         aras,    que   implevit       nemorosum    (Eten 

the  altars,     and  tilled       the  woody  (Eta       with 

suis    vocibus.       Nee  mora ;        conatur 

his  cries.  Nor        (is   there   any)   delay ;       be  endeavours 

scindere         letiferam    vestem ;  ilia     qua        trahitur, 

to-tear-away  the  death-bringing  garment;     that  wherever  it-is- drawn-off, 

trahit        cutem ;  que   foedum      relatu,       aut 

draws       the   skin          (with  it) ;     and      horrible      to-be-related,  either 

frustra'     tentata        revelli, 

|  (it)  'having  vainly     'been-attempted  to-be-torn-off,  [when  he  vainly  en- 

hseret  membris,  aut  detegit 

dcavoured    to    pluck    it   off,]    sticks     to  (his)  limbs  [body],  or  barei 

35]  laceros    artus    et    grandia    ossa.  Ipse 

(his)  mangled        joints      and        huge          bones.          Th)   very 


LIBER    NONUS.  307 

cruor    stridet    ceu    quondam  candeus       lamina 

blood  hi>ses         as         sometimes     (does)  a  glowing         metal-plato 

tincta     in      gelido       lacu,  que      coquitur 

dipped         in      a   cold  water-tank,  and          is-boiled    [seethes] 

ardcnte  veneno.     Nee  est  modus :       avidae 

by  the  burning        poison.  Nor       is    (there)  a  limit :         the   greedy 

flammae  sorbent         praecordia,  que       cseruleus  sudor 

9ames  sack-up     (his)  vitals,  and    the   dark-blue         sweat 

fluit     de  toto    corpore,    que  ambusti    nervi 

flows      from  (his)  whole        body,  and      (his)   burnt  sinews 

sonant;        que  medullis  (pi.)       liquefactis    [40 

crackle;  and         (his)   marrow  being-melted 

caeca  tabe,      tollens          palmas       ad        sidera 

by  the  hidden  venom,  'he,  raising     (his)  open-hands  toward  the  stars, 

exclamat,       '  Saturnia  pascere  nostris 

'cries-out,  '  0  daughter-of-Saturn,  feed  upon    our    [my] 

eladibus :    pascere :     et      ab         alto,      crudelis, 

calamities :  feed :  and     from  (on)  high,    0   cruel  (one), 

specta   hanc   pestem,    que    satia         ferum    cor:    vel 

behold         this  plague,       and       sate     (thy)  savage      heat:         or 

si  miserandus   et  hosti,  (enim     tibi     sum 

if  (I  am)    to-be-pitied        even  to  [by]  a  foe,          (for   to  thee  I  am 

hostis,)     aufer        animam    segram      diris    cru-    [45 

a  foe,)  take-away   a   spirit  distressed  by  dire         tor- 

ciatibus,  que  invisam  que  natam        laboribus.     Mors 

tures,  and       odious         and     created     for   toils.  Death 

erit        mihi      munus :      decet      novercam  dare 

will-be  to  me         a   boon :  it-befits   a   step-mother  to-bestow 

haec    dona.  Ergo        domui    Busirin    foedantem 

these        gifts.          (So)    then         I    mastered       Busiris  defiling 

templa  peregrine    cruore,    que    eripui     saevo 

the  teiujiles        with    foreign  gore,  and     took-from        cruel 

Antaeo        alimenta  parentis ;  nee     movit 

AnUeua       the    m.iirishmeuts  of  (his)    mother    [EnrthJ ;      nor       startled 

me       triplex    form  Iberi   pastoris,  nee   tua    [50 

me     the  threefold      form  of  the  Iberian     herdsman,      nor       thy 

triplex  forma,     Cerbere.      Ne     pressistis,         manua, 

threefold     form,       0    Cerberui.       Wher.her    gr.i<pcd  yju,         0    hand* 


308  OVIDII   METAMORPB. 

coruua          validitauri?     Elis  habet  vestrum 

the  horns      of  the  mighty     bull?  Elis        ha.s    [retains]    your 

>pus :         Stymphalides     undae     que          Parthenium 

exploit:     the    Stymphalian  waves        and      the    Parthenian 

nemus  vestrum.  Baltheus    caelatus 

grove          (retain)     your  (exploit).       The   belt  embroidered 

65_.  Thermodontiaco    auro         relatus          vestru 

with    Thermodontian  gold  (was)  brought-back  by  your 

virtute,    que  poma,    non  custodita    ab 

valour,  and       [also]    the   apples,         not     (well)    guarded  by 

insomni    dracone :    nee       mihi   potu^re      Centauri 

the  sleepless  dragon:          nor     to    ine  could       the    Centaurs 

resistere,        nee      mi       aper,      vastator      Arcadiae : 

make-resistance,  nor    to    me  the  wild-boar,       waster      of  Arcadia: 

nec     profuit  Hydrse     crescere     que     resumere 

nor      was-it-of-use  to  the  Hydra  to-grow  and          to -recover 

geminas  vires  (pi.}  per  damnum.     Quid  ?  cum 

double  strength  by    (his    own)   loss.  What?     when 

60]       vidi         equos  Thracis,  pingues 

I   saw       the    steeds       of  the    Thracian  [Diomedes],  fat 

humano  sanguine,  que      praesepia  plena        laceris 

from  human  blood,         and   the   stalls  filled    with  mangled 

corporibus,    que    dejeci  visa,    que    pereini 

bodies,  and     overthrew  (them,  when)  seen,       :md  slew 

dominum  que     ipsos?  Nemeaea  moles 

(their)  master  and     themselves  ?      The  Nemean        bulk  [monster] 

jacet   elisa        his    lacertis.  Hac    cervice        tuli 

lies          crushed  by  these  arms.  With  this  neck     I  bore-up 

coelum.  Saeva    conjux        Jo  vis  defessa-est 

heaven.  The   cruel  spouse       of  Jove       hus-been-wearied-out 

65]          jubendo.  Sum  indefessus     agendo. 

with  enjoining  (tasks).    I  am          unwearied     in  doing       (them). 

Sed     nova  pestis  adest,       cui     potest  resisti, 

Bat    a   new       plague    is-here,  to  which  |  it-can    be-resisted  [resistance 

nec         virtute,    nec        telis    que    armis. 

can  be  made],  neither  oy  valour,          nor     by    missiles    and     weapons. 

Edax     ignis  errat  imis         pulmonibus. 

A  consuming    tire     roams  [spreads]  in  (my    «t-thermo«t  lung;, 


IJBER    NGN  U.S.  309 

que   pascitur    per    omncs         artus.      At    Eurystlieui 

nnd  feeds       through       all       (nay)  limbs.          But  Kurystheui 

valet :    ct  sunt    qui    possint    credere    deos 

prevails:    and    (yet)    there  are          who  can  believe          gods 

esse  ?  Dixit,  que  graditur  saucius  per  altum 

to-be    [exist]?'     He   said,         and         strides        wounded      in          lofty 

CEten    baud    aliter,    quam        si      tigris    gerat    [70 

(Eta  not       otherwise,       than     (as)    if    a   tiger  bear 

vonabula  fixa  in         corpore   que       auctor  facti 

(•pears  fixed     in  (his)  body  and    the    author     of  the   deed 

refugerit.  Ssepe       videres  edenteru 

has-fled-biick   [escaped].         Often    uiightest-tbou-see     (him)     giving-ou» 

gemitus,    ssepe    frementem,     saepe  retentantera 

groans,  often  roaring,  often         striving-over-and-over 

refringere         totas    vestes  (pi.),    que     sternentem 

to   tear-off  (his)    whole         robe,  and  prostrating 

trabes,     que     irascentem  montibus,     aut    [74 

trees,  and  raging  in    the   mountains,  or 

tendentem          brachia  patrio      coelo.      Ecce, 

stretching  (his)    arms  to    (his)   paternal       heaven.  La 

adspicit  Lichan  trepidum  et  latitantem  in     cavat* 

he  beholds  Lichas        trembling   and        skulking       in  a  hollowed 

rupe ;  que  ut         dolor  collegerat  omnem         rabiem, 

rock;         and     as  (his)  pain         bad-gathered         all         (his)    rage, 

dixit,        'Ne,  Licha,      tuliati      tu  feralia 

he  said.  'Whether,      0    Lichns,       broughtest   thou  (this)  deadly 

dona  (pL)  ?     Ne  tu  eris  auctor       meae  necis  ? ' 

gift?  Whether  'wilt   thou    'bo      author      of  my  death?' 

Ille,  pallidus,  tremit  que  pavet.  et  tiiuidd  dicit    [80 

He,  pale,          trembles     and       fears,      and    timidly    speaks 

excusantia  verba.  Alcides  corripit 

apologising         words.       The   grundson-uf-Ak-ieus  [Hercules]  seize* 

dicentem  que  parantem  adhibere         manus 

(him,  while)  speaking        and       preparing  to-put       (his)    band* 

genibus;  et,       fortius  tormento, 

to  tiie  knees       (<>f  Hercules);  and,  more-powerfully  than  a  imrling-engine, 

mittit         rotatum  que  tcr  que  quater  in        Euboicas 

launches  (him!  whirled      both  thrice  and  four-tiuiei  into  tin-  h'uboean 


310  OVIDII    METAMOKPH. 

untlas.      Ille    induruit,  pendens  per 

waves.  He         stiffened,      (while)      banging   [floating]        through 

85]       ae'rias  auras  :  que  ut         ferunt 

the  airy         breezes:     and     as  they  bring     (the  statement)  [state] 

imbres  concrescere  gelidis  ventis, 

the  rains  [rain -drops]         to-combine      by  the  freezing        winds,  (and) 

nives       fieri         inde,  nivibus  quoque 

?nows  to-be-produced  thence,  (and)  the  snows  [snow-flakes]  also 

rotatis  mole  corpus 

being-whirled-aruund     by  (their  own)  bulk  [weight],     the  body  [mass] 

adstringi,         et     glomerari       spissa      grandine ;  sic 

to-be-bound-hard,  and  lo-be-rulled-up  in  thick-falling  hail;  thus 

prior  setas  edidit  ilium,      missum         per     inane 

a  former    age     showed     him,     having-been-sent  through  void     (space) 

validis   lacertis,  que    exsanguem  metu,      nee 

v*/  strong  arms,        and          bloodless  [pale]  with   fear,        neither 

9O]    habentem   quidquam      humoris,  versum 

having  anything      of  moisture    [vital   fluid],         turned 

in    rigidos    silices.  Nunc   quoque    in        alto 

into        rigid       flint-stones  [a  rock].      Now  also          in     the   deep 

Eubo'ico    gurgite      brevis        scopulus     eminet,        et 

Euboean  gulf         a  short  [low]  rock  stands-forth,     and 

servat         vestigia         humanae    formae ;    quern, 

retains        the   traces         of  a   human  form;  which    (rock), 

quasi    sensurum,        nautae    verentur      calcare,     que 

as-if          about-to-feel   (it),    sailors  fear  to-trcad-on,       and 

appellant       Lichan.     At  tu,       inclyta  proles     Jovis, 

call  (it)  Lichas.  But  thou,  0  renowned  offspring  of  Jove, 

95]         arboribus,  quas  ardua  (Ete  gesserat,       cassis, 

the  trees,  which     steep       (Eta      had-borne,  being   cut 

que  structis  in      pyram,    jubes 

(down  by  thee),  and         built        into  a   pyre,         couirnandest  (him,  t.  «. 

satum         Poeante      ferre  arcum    que 

Philoctetes)      begotten     by    Poeas  to-bring    (thy)    bow  and 

capacem  pharetram,  que       sagittas      visuras      iterum 

capacious  quiver,          and    the   arrows          about-to-visit        again 

Trojana    regna ;       quo          ministro 

the  Trojan  realms;     by  whom  (as)  attendant       [i.e.   Philo«*Bt*il 


LIBER    NONUS.  311 

flamma    subdita-est ;    que   dum        agger   com      [100 

flame  was-put-bencath ;      and     while    the    heap  is- 

prenditur  avidis  ignibus,         sternis         sutnmam 

caught  by  the  hungry         fire?,        thou  spreadcst   the   top-most 

congeriem        silvre  Nemaeo  vellere, 

pile  of  the  forest  [timber]  with  the  Nemaean    (lion's)    skin, 

et,  cervice     imposita  clavae,         recumbis 

and,  (thy)  neck  being-laid-on    to    (thy)  club,       thou    reclinest 

baud  alio  vultu,  quam  si          jaceres  conviva 

with  not-any  other    look,         than     if  thou  shouldst-lie  (as)  a  guest 

redimitus         sertis    inter    pocula    plena  meri. 

encircled         with    wreaths     among       goblets          full          of  pure-wine. 

Que  jam       flamma,  valens  et  diffusea  in  omne  latus, 

And      now   the   flame,  strong     and     diffused  |  to      every          side 

sonabat,  que  petebat        secures  artus   [105 

Tevery  where],  did-crackle,  and   did-assail  (his)  fearless       limbs 

que         suum    contemtorem.  Dei    timuere    pro 

and     (its)    own  despiser.  The   Gods        feared  for 

vindice  terras.      Quos,     (enim       sensit,) 

the  champion  of  the  earth.  Whom,  (for    he    perceived     (their 

Saturnius  Jupiter  ita  alloquitur        laeto    ore : 

thoughts,)  Saturnian  Jove      thus      addresses     with  joyful    mouth 

'  Iste    timor  est    nostra    voluptas,    0 

[speech]:  'That          fear     (of  yours)   is  our  delight,  0 

Superi,     que  libens      grator       mihi  [HO 

(ye)  Gods-above,  and   pleased    I    congratulate   myself  with  (my) 

toto  pectore,         quod     dicor      que  rector  que  pater 

whole       breast  [heart],    that     I  am-called  both      ruler        and      father 

memoris  populi,  et         mea  progenies  quoque 

of  a  mindful  [grateful]  people,     and  (that)  my         progeny  also 

eat   tuta        vestro  favore.     Nam,  quamquam        datis 

is       guarded  by  your         favour.  Is'ow,          although        you  grant 

ho  ipsius    immanibus         actis,          tamm 

this          (thing)    to    his-own  vast  achievements,  still 

obligor  ipse.      Sed  enim,   ne  fida 

I   am-obligated    (to   you)    myself.         But     indeed,     lost    (your)   faithful 

pectora  paveant         vano  metu,     tcmnite         (Etaeaa 

Voaitf        be-alarmed  with  idle          fear,         disregard  ye  the  (Etaean 


312  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

115]      flammae.  Qui  vicit  omnis, 

flames.  'He,  who        bus-vanquished          all      (things', 

vincet  ignes     quos  cernitis,     nee,     nis? 

the   fires  which        you    see,  nor,         save 


materna  parte     sentiet         potentem  Vulcanuin. 

&  (hu)  maternal        part      sball-he-feel    the  mighty  Vulcan. 

Quod         traxit    a    me  est  seternum  et  expers  atque 

Vbat      (he)    drew      from    me       is        eternal         and  exempt  and 

ramune      necis,  que  domabile      nulla  flamma.     Que 

';ee  of  death,      and     conquerable  by  no  flame.  And 

:d,  defunctum     terr&,     accipiam         coelestibus 

•  ••at  (part),  having-done-with    earth,    I  will-receive  in  the  heavenly 

jO]    oris,       que       confido  meum    factum    fore 

regions,       and       I    trust          (that)    my  act        will-be 

iaetabile     cunctis       dis.     Si    quis      tamen,  si      forte 

joyous         to   all  the   gods.      If    any-one      however,    ifby-chanc« 

quis        erit         doliturus          Hercule  deo. 

any-one     shall-be     going-to-grieve     in    Hercules      (becoming)   a  deity 

nolet  praemia      data  (esse),  sed          sciet 

he  will-not-  wish      honours    to-have-been-given  (him),  but  he  will-know 

meruisse     dari,     que  invitus,  probabit. 

(that  they)  deserved   to-be-given,  and  (though)  unwilling,  will-approve. 

Dei   assensere  ;    quoque       regia   conjux          visa 

Tne  gods         assented;  also       the   royal        spouse  [Juno]     was. 

125]     est  tulisse  cetera  dicta        Jove 

seen  [appeared]  to-have-borne     the  other         words         of  Jove 

vultu   non    duro,  ultima  tamen 

with  a  look          not        hard  [sullen],       the   last  (words)  however 

duro     vultu,     que      indoluisse  se      nota- 

with  a  sullen         look,  and       to-have-grieved  (that)  herself      was- 

tam  (esse).     Interea  Mulciber  abstulerat    quod- 

marked.  Meanwhile     Mulciber  [Vulcan]  had-taken-away     what- 

cunque  erat  flammse  populabile  :    nee   remansit 

ever  was     for   the   flame  destructible  :     neither       remained 

cognoscenda  effigies  Herculis, 

(there)  a  to-be-known    [recognizable]       figure       of  (formerj    Hercules, 

180]    nee   habet    quidquam    ductum    ab         imagine 

nor       hai-he          anv-thing  drawn       from     the  liken«s» 


LIBER   NONUS.  318 

luatris,  que         servat    vestigia       Jovis 

of  (his)  mother  [Alcinena],   and     he     retains  traces        of  Jovo 

tantum.     Que  ut     serpens  novus,  senecta 

alone.  And     as   a  serpent          new  [newly  shed],  (his)  old-age 

posita          cum         pelle,  solet   luxuriate  que    nitere 

being-dropped    with    (his)   skin,     is-wont     to-swell-up     and     to-glisten 

recenti    squama;     sic,    ubi        Tirynthius 

in  (his)  fresh  scale  [akin];  so,      when    the   Tirynthian        (hero) 

exuit  mortales  artus,  viget         meliore 

has-thrown-off  (his)  mortal          joints  [limbs],  he  grows  in  the  better 

parte      sui,     que  coepit  videri  major  et         fieri  [135 

portion  of  himself,  and    begins     to-seem     larger    and  to-become 

verendus  augusta    gravitate.       Quern,      raptum 

to-be-revered    with    majestic  dignity.  Whom,          tom-uway 

inter        cava    nubila,        omnipotens    pater         quad- 

among  the  hollow       clouds,      the  all-powerful  father      in    a   four- 

jugo  curru    iutulit  radiantibus  astris. 

yoked  [four-hone]  chariot    conveyed  to  the  radiant  start. 


314  OV1DII    METAMORPH. 


LIBER     DECIMUS, 

BOOK  THE  TENTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  X.  1—77.) 

ORPHEUS     ET     EURYDICE. 
ORPHEUS   AND    EURYDICE. 

INDB,  velatus  crocec 

FROM-THENCE  [t.  e.  a  previous  wedding],  veiled  [shrouded]  in  an  orange 

amictu,    Hymenaeus    digreditur      per          immensum 

robe,  Hymenaeus  moves-off        through    the   measureless 

ae'ra,  que  tendit  ad       oras  Ciconura,  et  nequid- 

air,  and       aims      for  the  shores  of  the  Cicone?,         aud  in. 

quam   vocatur  Orphea  voce.     Ille 

vain         is-called-to  [invited]  by  the  Orphean  [Orpheus's]  v.;ico  He 

adfuit     quidem ;    sed      attulit   nee        sol- 

[Hymenaeus]  was-there       indeed;         but   he   brought  neither  tue  cus- 

'ennia     verba,  nee    laetos    vultus,    nee     felix 

ternary          words  [greeting],   nor       joyous        looks,          nor  a  happy 

6]      omen.  Fax    quoque,    quam         tenuit,    fuit 

omen.         The   torch  also,  which      he    held,  was 

usque       stridula  lacrimoso  fumo,     que 

constantly        hissing         with   tearful    [tear-causing]         smoke,         and 

invenit         nullos  ignes  motibus.  Exitus 

found  [gained]       no        fires  [blazing]  by  motions  [waving].     The  issue 

gravior  auspicio ;  nam  duin 

(was)  heavier  [more  grave]  (than)  the  auspice  [forebc ding] :     for     wljil* 

nova  nupta  vagatur  per         herbas, 

tLe  new       married  [the  bride]       roves     through  the    grass 


LIBER   DECIMtfS.  Ji& 

«omitata  turba     Naiadum,       dente         serp«ntifl 

fccootupnnio  i  by  a  throng  of  Nuiads,  the  tooth       of  a 


recepta       in        talum,         occidit.     Quam  post-    [io 

being-received  on  (her)  heel,       (she)   died.  Whom   after* 

quam      Rhodopeius          vates  deflevit  satis 

that      the  Rhodopeian  [Thraciun]  bard       bewailed  enough    [to  his  fillj 

ad       auras    superas  ;     ne  non    tentaret 

to     the  breezes         above;  le.-t    'he-might     not          'touch     [assail] 

et  umbras,       ausus-est     descendere 

also  the  (infernal)  shades,         he   dared  to-climb-down  [descend] 

ad      Styga         Taenaria  porta  :  que  per      leves 

to  the  Styx      by  the  Tacnarian       gate:      and  (passing)  among  the  |  light 

populos  que     simulacra       functa          sepulcris, 

peoples  [phantoms]  and  the  |  images         having-done-with  (their)  gravel 

adiit      Persephonen,     que  [15 

[spectres],     he  came-to          Persephone,  and     (to    Pluto) 

dominum    tenentem  inamoena  regna 

the  master  holding  [possessing]  the  unpleasing  [dreary]  realms 

umbrarum  ;  que       nervis  pulsis 

of  the  shades;  and    the   nerves  [harp-strings]  being-beaten  (in 

ad         carmina,     sic         ait  :  '  0     numina 

tune)  to       the    verses,  thus     he   says    [sings]  :     '  0  deities 

mundi    positi  sub         terra,          in     qnem 

if  the  world  placed  [lying]  beneath  the  earth,  (and)  into       which 

decidimus,  quidquid      creamur  mortale  : 

|  (all)  we  fall-back,          whatever  we  are-created       mortal         («.  e.  all 

si     licet,      et        sinitis 

we  return.,  whoever  are  born  to  die)  :  if  it-is-lawful,  and  you  suffer  (me) 

loqui       vera,  ambagibus  falsi 

to-speak         true     (things),    the    windings    [wily   shifts]          of  a   lying 

oris    positis,  descendi  hue  non  ut    viderem    [20 

mouth  being-put  (aside),  I  came-down  hither  not  that  I  might-see 

opaca  Tartara  (pi.),  nee  uti    vincirem    terna  guttura 

the  shadowy  Tartarus,  nor   that  I  might-bind  the  three       throats 

Medusaei   monstri   villosa         colubris  :      caussa 

of  the  Meduteean         monster        shaggy     with   adders:          the   cause 

vise  conjux,  in   quam  vipera  calcata 

»f  (my)  way  [journey]  (is)  a  wife,         into    whom  a  viper      trodden-on 


OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

diffudit    fenenum,  que    abstulit         crescentes   annos. 

spread  poison,          and      took-awny  (her;  growing  years. 

Volui  posse     pati :         nee  negobo          me  tentasse. 

I  wished  to-be-able  to-beav  (it) :     nor  will-I-deny  (that)  I  tried. 

25]  Amor    vicit.       Hie  deus  est  bene  notus  in 

(But)  Love       conquered.      This      god       is       well       known     in 

supera1  ora;  an  sit          hie     et, 

•t.e  upper        region  [the  world];     whether      he     be     (so)     here      ton, 

lubito :  sed  tamen     auguror  esse        hie   et ; 

i  doubt:        but        yet      I  conjecture    (that  he)    is        (so)  here     too; 

que  si       fama  veteris        rapinae 

and     if  the   fame    [report]  of  (your)   old  [former]     seizure  [abduction] 

est  non  mentita,  Amor  junxit  vos  quoque.     Per  haec 

is        not        feigned,       Love        united    you          also.  By      these 

loca    plena        tirnoris,    per    hoc    ingens    Chaos,    que 

places       full        of  fear,  by        this       mighty        Chaos,         and 

30]  silentia  (pi.)  vasti  regni,     oro, 

(by)  the  stillness  of  (this)  desolate   realm,     I  pray  (you), 

retexite  properata  fila          Eurydices. 

reweave  [renew]  the  hastened  [untimely]  threads-of-life  of  Eurydice. 

Omnia  debemur  vobis ; 

'We  all  (things)    'are-owed  [t.  e.  all  we  mortals  belong]  to  you; 

que,     morati         paulum,          properamus    serius   aut 

and,     having-tarricd  a  little,  we   hasten  later  01 

citiiis         ad  unam  sedem.  Hue  tendimus 

more-quickly  to       one        seat  [tnunsion].       Hither      'stretch    [march] 

omnes,  haec  est         ultima  domus :  que 

'we  all,  this      is     (our)  last  house    [final  home] :        and 

vos  tenetis      longissima  regna  (pi.)          humani 

you        hold      the  longest  [most  lasting]  mastery  of  the  human 

35]    generis.     Haec  quoque,  cum  matura 

race.  This  (woman)         too,         when        ripe      (in    age) 

peregerit  justos     annos, 

•he  shall-have-driven-through    [completed]    (her)    |  just  years 

erit  vestri  juris. 

[full   term  of  life],      will-be       (the   subject)       of  your         right   [law]. 

Poscimus         usum       pro          munere.      Quod, 

We  [I]  ask  (her)  pwsessiou      for  (as)  a  boon.  tVberoai 


LIBER    DECIMUS.  8J.7 

ei       fata  negant  veniam  pro         conjuge, 

if   the  fates       deny      (me  this)  pardon  [lux-use]     for     (my)     spouse, 

mihi      est     certum  nolle          redire 

(ien)  for  me         it  is       a  sure  [settled]  (thing    |  not-to-wish  to-go-back 

Gaudete         leto        duorum ! ' 

[i.e.  I  will  not  revisit  earth].     Rejoice-ye  in  the  death  of  the  two!' 

Exsangues    animae        flebant  dicentera 

The  bloodless  spirits     kept-weeping-for  (him  while)  |  speaking 

talia,  que  moventem       nervos      ad 

such     (things)  [singing  thus],     and          stirring       the  harp-strings     to 

verba ;    nee        Tantalus    captavit        refugam    [40 

the  words;          nor  'did  Tantalus  'catch-at     the  back-flying 

undam  ;    que   Ixionis   orbis  stupuit ; 

[receding]  ware;  and        Ixion's       cir:li    [wheel]     stood-still     (in 

nec     volucres  carpsSre   jecur; 

amaze);   nor   'did  the  birds  'pluck       the  liver        (of  Tityoi); 

que       Belides  vac&runt  urnis ;    que 

and     the  daugbters-of-Belus       were-idle     with  (their)  water-pots;     and 

sedisti    in         saxo,     Sisyphe.     Fama  est        turn 

thou  saUt-quiet  on  (thy)  rock,     0  Sisyphus.          Report     is  (that)  then 

primum        genas  Eumenidum,  victarum 

first  the   cheeks     of  the   Eumenides  [Furies],          subdued 

carmine,  maduisse         lacrimis  ;  nec  sustinet    [45 

by  the  lay,  grew-wet      with   tears;  nor     bears  [can] 

regia     conjux,  nec  qui 

the  royal      yoke-fellow  [the   monarch'!   spouse],     nor   [yet]    (he)    who 

regit      iina,  negare  oranti; 

sways  the  lowest  (places)  [the  world  below],  |  to-say-nay  to  (him)  praying 

que  vocant  Eurydicen. 

[i.e.  reject  his  prayer];  and       they   call    [summon]  Eurydico, 

Ilia     erat     inter          recentes  umbras,      et 

the          was        among       the  fresh  [newly-arrived]         shades,          and 

incessit          passu   tardo    de        vulnere.          Rho- 

she  waiked-on   with    step  slow       from  the  wound.  The   Rho- 

dopeius  heros      accipit     hanc,  et 

dopeian  [Thracian]       hero  receives        this         (one)    [her],     and 

simul  hant,  legem  ne      flectat     retro    [50 

at-the-same-time    this      law  [condition]  'that  be  turn       'not  back 


818  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

lumina      donee         exierit  Avernaa 

(his)  lights  [eyes]     until      he    have-gone-out-from  [left]  the   Avernian 

valles :     aut  dona  (pi.)  futura 

vales:  or    [else]     the   boon  (was)    going-to-be    [would  be] 

irrita.  Trames      acclivis,      arduus, 

unconfirmed    [of  no   avail].         A   path  ascending,  steep, 

obscurus,         densus  opa-ea1  caligine,           car- 

gloomy,          (and)  close   [filled]      with   thick       darkness,       is  picked- 

pitur  per       inuta      silentia  (pL). 

up-step-by-step  [taken]  (by  them)  in          speechless       silence. 

Nec  procul      abfuerant  margine 

Nor    [and   not]    far          had-they-been-from   [got   from]    the   margin 

65]  summae    terrae  hie 

of  the  top-most          earth     [of    earth's    surface]      (when)      here 

amans,  raetuens    ne        deficeret, 

the  loving       (husband),     fearing        lest  she  should-fail  [escape]  (him), 

que  avidus     videndi,        flexit  oculos ;         pro- 

and     desirous  of  seeing       (her),  turned-back  (his)  eyes;      and  straight- 

tinus  ilia  relapsa-est ;  que       infelix  intendens 

way         she        fell-back;          and  the  hapless  (woman)  gtretching-unto 

brachia,  que  captans  prendi  et  prendere 

(him  her)  arms,  and       striving   to-be-caught  (by)  and  to-catch 

arripit  nil     nisi  cedentes  auras :         que 

(him)  grasps    naught  if-not  [except]  the  yielding        breezes  [air]  :   and 

60]  jam  moriens  iterum  questa-est  non  quidquam 

'she  now        'lying         again       'complained     not  any-thing 

de  suo  conjuge:  (enim  quid      quereretur        nisi 

about  [of]  her      husband :         (for      what  could-she-complain-of  except 

se  amatam  ? )  Que  dixit 

(that)  she       (was)  loved  (by  him)?)          And  (she)  spoke 

supremum       vale,  quod    ille    jam    vix 

the  last  be-thou-strong  [farewell],     which       he         now  scarce 

acciperat  auribus :  que    revoluta-est  rursus 

joould-receive  (in  his)  ears  [could  hear] :  and  she  |  was-rolled  back-again 

eddem.  Orpheus  stupuit 

[WM  returned]  to-the-same-place  [Hades].    Orpheus     was  struck-senselesi 

geminS,          nece          conjugis,  non  aliter  quam 

by  the  double  [second]  death  of  his  spouse,  not   otherwise       than 


LIBER    DECIMUS.  319 

qui     timidus  vidit  tria     colla 

the  man)  who          fearful  [alarmed]     beheld       the  three      neck* 

canis,  medio          portante  catenas ;    [65 

•f  the  dog  [Cerberus],  the  middle  (neck)     bearing  chains; 

quern  pavor     reliquit     non     ante"     quam 

whom      [i.  e.  the  man]     terror          forsook          not        before  that 

prior  natura,  saxo        oborto        per     corpus ; 

(his)  former  nature     (did),  a  stone  having-sprung-up  over  (hia)  body  ; 

que  Olenos,  qui  traxit  in      se 

ami     (than  was)     Olenus,       who       drew  [took]    on  himself  (Lethaea'.-) 

crirnen          que  voluit   videri   ease       nocens:         que 

charge  [crime]   and     wished    to-appear   to-be    the  guilty       (one):   and 

tu,    0     infelix     Lethaea,         confisa         tuae 

(than  wast)  thou,  0         hapless         Lethaea,         having-trusted-to      thy 

figurse  ;  quondam  junctissima  corpora,    [70 

forua  [beauty];     (ye  two)  once  most-united          persons, 

nunc       lapides,  quos  humida  Ide  sustinet. 

now     only  stones,        which     moist  [spring-abounding]  Ida  bears. 

Portitor  arcuerat  orantem   que 

The  ferryman  [Charon]       bad-debarred    (him,  while)    praying          and 

frustra    volentem    transire  iterum.      Septem 

vainly  wishing       to-go-across   (the  Styx)    again.  Seven 

diebus,  taiuen,       sedit  ripa,       squalidus          sine 

days,          however,    he   sat       on  the  back   soiled-und-untended  without 

munere      Cereris.  Cura   que  dolor     animi 

|  the   gift  of  Ceres          [bread].    Anxiety    and      grief    of  mind 

que  lacrimae  fuere         alimenta.  Ques-    [75 

and         tears          were    (his)  nourishments.          'lie,  having-com- 

tus  deos      Erebi    esse    crudeles, 

plained  [complaining]  (that)  the  gods     of   Erebus       are  pitilc-.-*, 

recipit         se       in         altam  Rhodopen,  que  Haemon 

'takes -back    himself    into    the  lofty  Rhodope,         and          Hseumi 

pulsum  Aquilonibus. 

beateu         by  the  North-winds. 

21 


320  OVIDII   METAMOftPH, 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  X.  162—166,  174—219.) 

HYACINTHUS  MUTATUS     IN  FLOREM. 

HYACINTHUS    CHANGED    INTO    A    FLO  WE K. 

Phoebus         posuisset         te   quoque   in        sethere, 

Phoebus          would-have-placed     thee        also  in    the   sky, 

Amyclide,  si          tristia  fata 

C  offspring-of-Ainyclas  [Hyacinthus],       if      the    sad  [afflictive]       fates 

dedissent  spatium  ponendi. 

might-have-given  [had  given]     space  [time]     of  placing      (thee  here). 

Qua  licet,        tamen,        est    aeternus :     quoties 

As-far-as     it-is-perruitted,    however,  thou  art       immortal:       as-often-as 

ver       repellit    hieinem    que  Aries     succedit 

spring     drives-back       winter          and      (the    sign)    Aries  succeeds 

aquoso          Piscis,  toties  tu  oreris,  que  flores 

to  watery  [rainy]  Piscis,       so-often  thou    risest,        and     flowers     (rise/ 

5]      in         viridi     cespite. 

on     the  green  turf. 

Que  jam  Titan  erat  fere  medius          venientis 

And    now     Titan  [the  Sun]  was     about   midway  of  the  coming 

et  actse  noctis,     que  distabat 

and       of  the  driven-off  [banished]       night,          and       stood-apart-froin 

utrimque  pari    spatio;         levant  corpora 

both-sides       by  an  equal       space;       they  lighten         (their)   bodies 

veste,    et    splendescunt  succo          pinguis 

from  raiment,    and      become-shining     with    the  juice     of   the   fat 

olivi,    que   ineunt   certarnina  lati    disci.     Quern, 

olive,        and       go-into  contests         of  the  broad    quoit.  Which, 

10]    libratum      ante,     Phoebus    misit      in          ae'rias 

being-poised  previously,     Phoebus     launched     into      the  airy 

auras  et  pondere     disjecit  nubes 

winds     and  with  (its)  weight          cast-asunder  [parted]         the    clouds 

oppositas :  longo  tempore  post       pondus  recidit 

placed-against    (it) :     a    long  time         after  the  weight       fell-back 

in       solidatn  terrain,  et  exhibuit  artem  junctam 

to    the   firm  earth,      and    held-forth  [showed]    skill  united 


LIBER   DECIMUS.  321 

cum  viribus  (pi-).    Protinus        Taeriarides, 

with        force.  Immediately  the  born-at-Tsenarus  [Hyacinlhus], 

imprudens,  que  actus     cupidine  lusus,  properabat 

thoughtless,         and    urged  by  eagerness     for  the  sport,         made-haste 

tollere        orbem :  at        dura    tellus    sub-    [15 

to-raise       the   circle    [quoit] :       but     the  hard         earth         cast- 

jecit  ilium,  repercussum  in  aera, 

i'rom-beueath  [lifted]     it,         being-.struck-back  [rebounding]  into        air, 

in  tuos  vultus,       Hyacinthe.          Deus  ipse         expal- 

to      thy       face,       0    Hyacinthus.  The  god     himself  turned-very- 

luit,     aeque      ac,  puer :      que          excipit 

pale,        equally        as     (thou   dost),     0    boy:  and        he   takes-up 

collapses  artus :  et     modo 

(thy)    |    having-sunk-together    joints     [sinking   limbs] :     and     at-timcs 

refovet  te,        modo       siccat  tristia 

warms-again  [revives]         thee,         at-times       wipes-dry     (thy)  woful 

vulnera ;  nunc        sustinet  fugientem 

wounds;  now       holds- from-beneath    [keeps  up]    (thy)  flying 

animam        herbis  admotis.  Artes    [20 

life  with  herbs       moved-to  [applied  to]  (thee).     (His)  arts 

prosunt          nil :  vulnus     erat 

are-for        (him)  nothing  [f.  e.  skill  avails  not]  :       the  wound  WM 

immedicabile.     Ut,     si      quis      infringat     violas,    ve 

incurable.  As,         if      any-one       breaks-off        violets,        or 

papaverra     in       riguo     horto,     que     lilia     haerentia 

poppies  in     a    watered     garden,       and         lilies  clinging 

fulvis  virgis ;  ilia  mareida     demittant  [25 

to  the  yellow     boughs;    these    flagging     must-send-iown  [droop] 

Bubit6        gravatum  caput,  nee  sustineant       se        que 

suddenly  the  burdened  head,     nor      can-support     themselves    and 

spectent         terrain  cacumine,      sic     jacet 

must-view       the    earth  with    (their)    top    [head],          so  lie* 

moriens  vultus,  et       cervix,  defecta  vigore, 

(his)  dying  face,      and  the  neck,          forsaken   by  (its)  strength, 

est  ipsa        oneri     sibi,  que  recumbit  humero. 

is      itself  for  a  burden  to  itself,  und    lies-back  [droops]  on  the  shoulder. 

Ait   Phoebus:     « CEbalido,  tu 

(Then)  saith      Phoebus:      '  0  offspring-of  (K'>nlus    [Hyacinthus],      tilt* 


322  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

laberis  fraudate  priina    juventa :     que 

art-sinking-awsy,       cheated -out-of      (thy;  first  youth :  and 

video     tuum     vulnus,    inea     crimina  (pi.).     Tu     es 

I  behold        thy  wound,         my  fault  Thou     art 

dolor  que  meum      facimus.         Mea  dextera 

vmy)  grief      and        my     great-transgression.      My          right       (hand) 

3O]    est  inscribenda  tuo   leto.       Ego    sum 

is       to-be-written-on  [charged]  for  thy     death.  I  am 

tibi  auctor      funeris.     Tamen  quae         mea  culpa? 

to  thee      causer    of  decease.  Yet        what     (is)    my  crime? 

Nisi    si      lusisse      potest    vocari  culpa, 

Unless   if  to-have-sported    is-able    to-be-called  [can  be  called]  a  crime, 

nisi     et     amasse     potest    vocari  culpa. 

unless  also  tc-have-loved   is-able   to-be-called  [can  be  called]    a   crime. 

Atque     utinam  liceret  red- 

And        0   for-that  [0  would  that]  it-might-be-pertnitted  (me)  to-give- 

dere  animam   pro   te    ve     tecum !       Sed 

back  [render  up]  (my)  life  for     tbec    or      with-thee !  But 

35]    quoniam        tenemur  lege  fatali,  eris 

since  we   are-held-fast   by  the   law      of-fate,  tbuu  ghult-lx 

semper    mecum,    que    harebis  in         memori 

always          with-me,         and      shalt-cling   [remain]     in  (iny)  mindful 

ore.  Lyra    pulsa  manu  te, 

mouth.         The   harp        smitten  by  the  hand       (shall   sound   of;   thee, 

nostra   carmina      sonabunt      te,    que         novus     flos 

our  lays  shall-gound-of    thee,     and  (as)  a  new        flower 

imitabere     nostros  gemitus  scripto. 

thou  shalt-represent      our  groans  |  in  a  (thing)  written  [by  an  in- 

Et    illud   tempus    erit,        quo      fortissimus 

icription].     Also      that  time       shall-be,  in  which  a  most-valiant 

heros      addat  se       in     hunc    florem,    que 

hero  must-add  [must  put]  himself    into       this          flower,          and 

4O]  legatur     eodem  folio.'         Sed  dum 

be-read       on  the  same  leaf      (with  thee).'        But       while 

talia  memorantur  vero      ore        Apollinis, 

such     (things)   are-meitione/\    by  the   truthful    mouth  of  Apollo, 

ecce,      cruor  qui,     fusus  humi,  signaverat 

lo,         the  gore      which,  being-shed  on  the  ground,  bad-marked  [stained] 


LIBER    DECIMUS.  £23 

herbas,  desinit  esse  cruor,  que  oritur       flos 

the  grasp,          le.ives-off  [ceases]  to-be      gore,       and       rises     a   flower 

nitentior  Tyrio   ostro,    que   capit         formam 

more-glittering  than  Tyrian     purple,       and       takes       the   form    [look] 

quam    lilia :  si      esset  non      purpureus 

which         lilies     (take) :     if  there-might-be  [were]  not     a   purple 

color      huic,  argenteus         in  illis.        [45 

hue        in  this  [the  hyacinth],  a  silvery  (hue)  in     those  [the 

Hoc  est   non   satis         Phoeba,   (enim   ille 

lilies].     This     (thing)  is         not     enough    for   Phosbus,  (for          ha 

fuit    auctor  honoris,)       ipse      inscribit        foil  is 

was        author      of  the  honour,)        'he  himself    'writes-on     the  leaves 

suos     gemitus ;  et       flos     habet    '  AI,    AI,'  inscrip- 

his-own       groan;        and  the  flower        has         'AI,         AI,'         written- 

tuin :         que          funesta  litera  ducta-est. 

on          (it):     and  (that)  death-mourning     letter  [writing]        was-traced 

Nec       pudet     Sparten     genuisse      Hyacin- 

/thereon).        Nor     does-it-shame     Sparta     to-have-produced       Hyacin- 

thon ;  que         honor  durat   in  hoc  aevi ;  que 

thus;         and  (his)  homage      lasts     unto   this    (point)    of  time;       and 

Hyacinthia  redeunt  annua   celebranda 

the  Hyacinthian     (holidays)  come-back  [return]  yearly  to-be-solemnized 

more      priorum  pompa    [50 

in  the  manner  of  former        (men)  [the  ancient*]  with  pageantry 

praelata. 

•orne-iu-irjnt    [precediag]. 


324  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 


LIBER     UNDECIMUS. 

BOOK  THE  ELEVENTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  XI.  85—145.) 

OPTATUM  MID-Z. 

THE    WISH  OF 


NEC  est  hoc  satis        Baccho  ; 

NOB       is     this  [i.  e.  the  murder  of  Orpheus]  enough  for  Bacchus  : 

deserit    quoque        ipsos    agros  ;  que    cum 

he  forsakes  also         the  very  fields     (of  Thrace)  j  and      with 

meliore  choro  petit       vineta         sui      Timoli 

a  little  train      seeks   the  vineyards   of  bis-own  Tiinolus  [Tmolus] 

que        Pactolon  :    quamvis      illo   tempore     erat   non 

and    the    Pactolus  :  although     at  that          time         it  was         not 

aureus,  nee      invidiosus  caris      arenis 

golden         (in  its  bed),  nor  enviable         with   prteious          sands. 

Hunc  assueta   cohors,        Satjri   que  Bacchae 

This  [Bacchus]     the    wonted         retinue,     the  Satyrs        and   Bacchants 

6]      frequentant.     At    Silenus     abest.  Phrygea 

constantly-visit.        But        Silenus        is-absent.         The    Phrygian 

ruricolse  cep£re         titubantem  que       annis 

country-dwellers  [rustics]  caught     (him)  staggering        both  with  years 

que         mero,  que  dux£re         vinctum  coro- 

and    with  wine,       and          led      (him)  bound         with    (his  own)   gar- 

nis     ad  regem  Midan  :      cui    Thracius  Orpheus  curn 

lands     to         king        Midas:     to  whom    Thracian         Orpheus         with 

Cecropia  Eumolpo  tradiderat  orgies. 

Cecropian  [Athenian]   Eumolpus  luul-given-over  [imparted]  the  orgies. 


LIBER    UJJDKCIMUS.  825 

$ui  simul        agnovit         socium  que  comitem 

U'ho  [the  king]  as-soon-as  he  recognized  (hit)  partner      and     companion 

sacrorum,         egit       festum     genialiter    [io 

of  [in]  the  sacred-rites,         he  made      a  feast  merrily 

adventu  hospitis     per     bis    quinque    dies 

on  the  arrival          of  (his)  guest          through  twice          five  <i:i\.- 

et  noctes  junctas  ordine.  Et 

and  (as  many)  |  nights      joined       in-order     [successive  nights].      And 

jam          undecimus      Lucifer      coegerat          sublime 

now        the   eleventh  Lucifer  bad-closed       the   lofty 

agmen  stellarum,    cihn       laetus   rex   venit     in 

marching-band  of  stars,  when    the  joyous     king     comes     into 

Lydos     agros,     et     reddit      Silenum  juveni 

the  Lydian       grounds,     and     gives-back         Silenus       to  (his)  young 

alumno.       Huic  deus,    gaudens  [15 

pupil.  To  this  [»'.  e.  the  king]  the  god,        rejoicing  at   (bis) 

altore  recepto,  fecit  gratum 

foster-father  being-taken-back  [recovered],   made  [gave]     the  pleasant 

sed  inutile  arbitrium         muneris  optandi. 

k«U      unuscful         choice      |  of  a  gift  to-be-wished  [of  wishing  a 

Ille,     usurus     mal&       donis  (pi.},  ait,      'Effice, 

gift].       He,     about-to-use       ill      the   gift,  says,  '  Cause-thou, 

quidquid   contigero  corpore,  vertatur 

(that)  whatever      I  shall-have-touched  with  (my)  body,  be-turned 

in    fulvurn   aururn.'      Liber  annuit 

into     yellow          gold.'  Liber  [Bacchus]     nodded-to    [agreed  to] 

optatis,  que  solvit  munera  (pi-}  noci- 

the  (things)   wished,       and       paid      (him)    the  gift  going- 

tura,  et  indoluit  quod        non          petisset    [20 

to-barm  (him),  and     grieved       that     'he  |  might-not  'have-asked 

meliora  (pi.)-  Berecynthius 

[had  nut  nskod]  a  better  (one).     The   Berecynthian  [Phrygian] 

heros     abit     laetus,     que     gaudet  malo:     que 

lioro          goes-off    joyous,        and         delights      in  (his)  bane:          and 

tangendo  singula  tentat      fidcra 

oy  touching        [  (things)  uiie-by-one  [all  things]          tests     the   truth 

polliciti.  Que,        vix       credens 

?f  the  |  (thing)  prumi.sed  [promise].     And     'be,  scarce       belie  ring     (it) 


326  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

sibi,  detraxit      non  altS, 

to  himself  [i.e.  trusting  his  own  eyes],  'pulled-froui  a  not     high    [low} 

ilice       virgam      virentem  fronde:          virga 

oak         a  bough  flourishing  [green]      in   leaf:  the   bough 

25]    facta-est  aurea.  Tollit  humo 

was-made  [became]       golden.         He    raises         from  the  ground 

saxum :       saxum  quoque  palluit         auro.     Contigit 

a  atone :        the  stone  too        grew-pale  with  gold.       He   touched 

et      glebam :       gleba     fit        massa  potent! 

also  a  clod:  the  clod       becomes  a  lump-of-metal  by  the  powerful 

contoctu.  Decerpsit  arentes  aristas      Cereris : 

touch.  He   plucked-off  dry  ears         of  Ceres    [corn] : 

messis    erat   aurea.  Tenet      pomum     demtum 

the  crop  was       golden.         He   holds       an   apple  taken-from 

arbore :        putes  Hes- 

a  tree:  thou  canst-think  [wouldst  suppose]     the    daughters-of-Hes- 

perides      donasse.  Si         admovit 

perua  to-have-given     (it  to  him).         If      he    moved-to  [applied] 

3O]  digitos  altis  postibus :       postes  videntur 

(his)  fingers      to  the  lofty     door-posts :  the  door-posts    are-seen 

radiare.      Etiam   cum        laverat  palmas 

[appear]  to-beam.  Also        when     he    bad-washed    (his)   hands 

liquidis   undis,  unda   fluens  palmis 

in  liquid  waves  [water],    the  water      flowing   from    (his)  hands 

posset          eludere  Danaen.         Ipse,    fingens 

might-be-able  to-deceive     Danae.         'He  himself,   forming    [imagining] 

omnia  aurea,    vix     capit          spes  animo. 

all  (things)  golden,    scarce  'contains  (his)  hopes  in  (his)  mind. 

35]  Ministri   posu^re       mensas  (pL)   exstructas 

The   attendants  set        the   table  piled-up 

dapibus,  nee  egentes  tostae  finges, 

with  dainties,         nor       wanting  [bare]    of  parched     grain,     for    (him} 

gaudenti.       Turn    vero,  sive  ille    con- 

rejoicing.  Then    in-truth   [indeed],    or-if  [whether]   he        had- 

tigerat         sua  dextra  Cerealia  munera, 

touched     with    his       right     (hand)    the    Cereal  bounties    [bread], 

dona     Cerealia      rigebant ;      ve     si  parabat 

the  gift*  of-Ceres         kept-stiffening;       or        if    he  wag-preparing 


LIBER    UNDFCIMUS.  82T 

convellere  dapes  avido    dento,         dcnte 

to-tear-np  [devour]       the  victuals     with  greedy        tooth.       the   tooth 

admoto,  fulva  lamina  nitebat  dapes. 

being-applied,     a  yellow      plate  (of  gold)    was-sbining     (as)     dishei. 

Miscuerat       anctorem  dona  [4O 

(If)  be  bad-mingled  |  the  author  of  the  gift    [Bacchus,  i.  e. 

puris   undis  (pi.),         videres      fusile   aurum 

wine]  with  pure         water,  thou    mightst-see       melted  gold 

fluitare  per  rictus.  Attoni- 

to-flow-often  [trickle]  through  (his)  grinnings  [open  jaws].      Thunder- 

tus  novitate  mali,       que     dives,     que 

struck      by  the  strangeness      of  the  affliction,      and        rich,  and 

miser,  optat  effugere  opes:     et 

wretched  [at  once],  he  wishes  to-flee-from  [escape]    (his)  riches:      and 

odit  quae  modo       voverat.          Nulla  copia 

hates  (the  things)  which     lately     he  had-prayed-for.          No        plenty 

relevat         famem :    arida    sitis    urit         guttur,    [45 

eases          (his)  hunger:  dry        thirst    burns,  (his)  throat, 

et,        meritus,  torquetur  at        inviso 

and  'he,  baving-deserved  (it),       'is-twisted  [tortured]     by     the  loathed 

auro.     Que       inquit,    tollens      coeluin         manus    et 

guld.          And     he   says,  raising     to   heaven      (his)  hands      and 

splendida  brachia,     '  Da          veniam,      Lenaee  pater. 

shining  arms,          'Grant   thou   pardon,         0    Lenaean     father. 

Peccavimus :    sed   miserere,  preco,  que 

We    [I]   have-sinned:          but  pity         tb«u  (uie),  I  pray,        and 

eripe  specioso   dam  no.'      Mite 

snatch-away  [rescue]  (me)  from  (this)  fine-looking  mischief.'     Gracious 

numen  deum  :  Bacchus  restituit 

(is)  the  will          of  the  gods:  Bacchus     replaced  [reinstated]  (him) 

fatentem     pecasse,     que     solvit  pactam    [50 

confessing     to-bave-ginned,    and  he  loosed  [undid]  (his)  pledged 

fidem,       data  munera  (pi.):     'Neve  maneas 

faith,      the  granted      boon :  '  Or-that-not  [and  lest]  thou  stay 

circumlitus  auro  male  optato,     vade,' 

emeared-round  [wat-bed  over]     with  gold         ill         chosen,         go-thou,1 

ait,       *  ad       ainnem  vicinum      magnis  Sardibus 

iaitb-he,    '  to     the  river  near         U>    mighty 


S28  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

que     obvius  labentibus  undis,  carp* 

and     |    opposite   to    the   gliding  waves  [going  up  stream],       take 

viam  per       jugum  ripse  donee         venias  ad 

(thy)  way      along  the  ridge       of  the  bank       until     tbou  come          to 

55]         ortus  fluminis,  que  subde 

the  risings  [fountain]  of  the  stream,          and  put-under  [subject] 

tuum  caput  spumifero  fonti,  qua  exit 

thy          head     to  the  froth-bearing  [foamy]  spring,  where  (it)  goes-out 

plurimus,      que     elue         simul  corpus, 

[issues]  most  [fullest],     and     wash-off  at-the-same-time  (thy)  body, 

simul  crimen.'  Rex          succedit 

(and)  at-the-same-time  (thy)  guilt.'  The    king  plunged-into 

jussse      aquae.         Aurea       vis       tinxit       flumen, 

the  appointed     water.       The  golden     abundance      dyed     the   stream, 

et  cessit  de        humano  corpore  in        amnem.     Nunc 

and  passed   from  the  human  body      into  the  river.  Now 

60]    quoque          jam  arva   pallentia         auro 

also  at-this-very-time     the  fields     brightening    with   gold 

madidis  glebis,  rigent  percepto 

in  (their)  moist  clods,       are-stiff  from    the   received    [implanted,) 

semine          veteris  venae. 

teed          of  the  ancient        vein  [of  gold]. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  XL  146—193.) 

JUDICITJM  MID.E. 

THE    JUDGMENT    OF    MIDAS. 

Ille,  perosue        opes,  colebat  silvas 

He  [Midas],  thoroughly-hating  riches,  'delighted  (only)  'in  the  woods 

et         rura  (pl-\    que    Pana    habitantem    semper   in 

and  the  country,  and         Pan  dwelling  always        in 

montanis  antris.     Sed         ingenium  mansit  pingue  ; 

mountain  caves.          But    (hit)  wit  remained        fat  [dull]-, 

que  praecordia  stolidre 

and        the  parts-near-the-heart  [thinking  organs]         of  (his)  doltish 

mentis  erant  rursum,  ut  ante,     nocitura  domino. 

mind  were        again,       as    before,  going- to-do-harm  to  tknr  owner 


LIBER    UNDBCIMUS.  329 

Nunc  Tmolus,    prospiciens  freta,      riget 

For          (Mount)  Tmolus,  looking-forth      on  the  seas,  stiffen! 

late,           arduus  alto  adscensu :     5] 

[stands  upright]  far-and-wide,  steep     in  (its)  lofty  ascent: 

que        extentus        utroque  clivo,    finitur 

and      being-outstretched     each-way     with  a  slope,      is-ended  [limited] 

hinc  Sardibus  (pi.),      illinc 

hence  [on  this  side]      by    Sardis,  thence    [on   that   side] 

par  vis  Hypsepis  (pi).     Dum  Pan   ibi     jactat    sua 

by  small          Hypaepa.  Whilst     Pan     there    throws-out    his 

carmina  teneris  Nymphis,    et     modulatur 

verses  to  the  tender  [young]         Nymphs,         and  measures 

leve    carmen  cerat^       arundine,  ausus 

a  light  lay         on  (his)  wax-joined  reed  [pipe],      he   daring 

contemnere      cantus  Apollineos  prae    [io 

to-slight  the  chantings  [warbles]     of-Apollo    compared-with 

se,  venit    ad         impar    certamen    sub 

himself  [».  e.  his  own],  came          to      the  unequal          strife          under 

Tmolo  judice.          Senior        judex 

Tmolus  [t.  e.  the  god  of  it]  (as)  judge.          The  older  [elderly]    judge 

consedit  suo      monte,        et       liberat         auras 

has-sat-down       on    his  mountain,       and  frees       (his)  ears 

arboribus :         caerula     coma   cingitur   tan  turn 

from  the  trees :  (his)  dark-green     hair       is-wreathed  only 

quercu,  et   glaudes   pendent   circum 

with  oak  [an  oak-leaf  chuplet],     and      acorns  hang  around 

cava  tempora.  Que  is  spectans 

(his)  hollow       times  [temples,  as  beating  time].       And   he    looking-at 

deum      pecoris  dixit,    'In       judice  est  nulla    [15 

the  god         of  sheep  said,         '  In  the  judge          is  no 

mora.'          Ille  insonat  agrestibus 

delay.'  He    [Pan]    sounds-on    [plays   on]          the   rustic 

calamis  (pi.) :     que  barbarico 

reed   [pipe] :  and     with   a   barbaric       [foreign,    un-Greek-like] 

carmine      delenit     Midan  (nam       forte  aderat 

gong  goftens-down      Midas         (for      be  by-chance      wag-present 

canenti).      Post    hunc  sacer    Tmolus 

to  (him)  singing).  After          this     (one)  [him]  divine          Tuiului 


330  VIDII   METAMORPB. 

retorsii  ora  (pi.)  ad      os       Phoebi : 

twisted-back  [turnewj  (nis)  face  to  the  face  of  Phoebus  [Apollo]  i 

20]    sua    silva    secuta-est  vultum.       Ille, 

his        forest          followed         (his)   look.  He    [Apollo], 

vinctus  flavus  caput          Parnaside  lauro, 

being-bound  [u  to]    (his)  auburn       head      with  Parnassian          laurel, 

vemt       humum  palla  saturatfi,      Tyrio  murice : 

swept      the   ground      with  a  cloak         steeped      in    Tyrian         purple: 

que   a  lava"  sustinet       lyram  distinctam 

and    with  (his)  left     (hand)  he  holds-up     the  lyre         divided  [studded] 

gemmis     et       dentibus     Indis :  altera 

with  gems  and      |    teeth  of- India   [ivory] :      the   other 

manus    tenuit        plectrum.  Status  ipse 

hand  held       the   bow.  (His)    standing   [posture]    itself 

fuit  artificis.     Turn         docto 

has-been  [was]  (that)  of  an  artist.  Then  with  instructed  [skilful] 

pollice     sollicitat  stamina :          dulcedine 

thumb     he  puts-in-motion  [touches]  the  strings:         by  the  sweetness 

25]        quorum    Tmolus  captus,  jubet 

of  which  Tmolus       having-been-captivated,     he  commands 

Pana     submittere  cannas  citharae. 

Pan  to-put-below  [submit]     the   reeds   [pipe]      to   the   harp. 

Judicium  que  sontentia  sancti  mentis 

(This)  judgment        and        decision      of  the  sacred     mountain  [«.  e.  its 

placet  (sing.}     omnibus  :  tamens 

god]  are-pleasing          to  all  (hearers) :      yet       'it  [the  opinion] 

arguitur  atque  vocatur  injusta  sermone     Midae 

'is-blamed        and        is-called  unrighteous  by  the  speech          of  Midas 

unius.      Nee  Delius  patitur         stolidas 

alone.  Nor     'does  the  Delian  [Apollo]         'suffer      (his)  stupid 

30]    aures     retinere  humanam   figuram :    sed 

ears          to-hold-back  [keep]   a   human  shape :  but 

trahit  in  spatium,  que  implet 

draws  [extends]  (them)     in       space  [lengthwise],     and         fills     (themj 

albentibus    villis;    que   facit   illas    instabiles,    et 

with  whitish  hairs;         and     makes     them         unsteady,       and 

dat  posse  moveri. 

|  grafts     (them;     tu-be-able       to  fee-moved         [makes  them  movable} 


LIBER    UNDECIMU8.  831 

Cetera  sunt  hominis ;      damnatur 

The  other         (members)      are  (those)  of  a  man;          he  is-condeinned 

in  unam  partem,  que    induitur 

|  for      ODB  part   [in   one   ptint],      and      is-clothed-in    [puti  on] 

aures         lente    gradientis    aselli. 

the  ears        of  a  slowly          stepping        little-ass. 

Ille   quidem   cupit   celare,  que   tentat 

He        indeed       desires   to-conceal  (his  misfortune),  and         strives 

velare  purpureis     tiaris  tempora     onerata 

to-cover        with   purple  turbans       (his)    temples  laden 

turpi  pudore :  sed     famulus  solitus  resecare    [35 

with   foul        disgrace :      but  a   domestic   accustomed        to-clip 

longos  capillos  (pi.)       ferro          viderat  hoc. 

hi?)  long  hair  with  iron  [shears]  bad-seen  this  (thing). 

Cum   qui  cupiens     effere 

|  When  which  (man)  [and  when  he]  longing     to-bring-out   [reveal]    (it) 

sub        auras  (pL)-,   nee    auderet  prodere 

|  under  the  air  [in  public],  neither  might-dare  [dared]  to-give-forth  [dis- 

dedecus  visum,  nee  tamen  posset 

close]  the  disgrace          seen     (by  him),  nor        yet  might-be-able 

reticere  secedit,        que 

[could]    to-hush-back    [to  say  nothing  of]  (it),  he  goes-aside,  and 

effodit       humum,  et         parva      voce  refert  [40 

digs-out  the  ground,       and  in  a  small  [low]  voice  relates  (to  it) 

quales      aures  domini        adspexerit, 

what-sort-of    ears   of  (his)  master     (he)  may-have-looked-at  [has  seen], 

que     immurmurat  terrae     haustse :  que 

and  mutters  (it)  to  the  earth  drawn       (up):        and 

obruit  indicium  voce          tellure    regesta, 

overwhelms   the  information      of  his  voice       with  earth       carried-back 

et      tacitus     discedit  opertis 

[heaped  on  again],      and          silent        goes-npart       from    the   covered 

Bcrobibus  (pi-)-     Lucus  creber        tremulis  arundinibua 

ditch.  A  grove      thick-set  with  quivering  reed* 

coepit    surgere   ibi ;    et,    ut  priinum        maturuit    [45 

began         to-riae-up    there;     and,   as  lir-t  ii   ripened 

pleno  anno,      prodidit  agricolam: 

with    foil  age,       it  gave-forth  [betrayed]  -.he  ticld-tillcr  [f.  e,  word 


332  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

nam  motus  leni 

towing  barler]:     for       'it  [i.  e.  the  reed-grove]  being-stirrod  by  a  gentle 

Austro  refert  obruta    verba,     que 

South-wind        'brings-back  [reports]         tbe  buried          worclrf,  and 

coarguit  aures         domini. 

uniteg-reason-against  [proves  the  charge  on]  the  ears    of  (its)  owner. 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  XI.  410—414,  474—572.) 

NAUFRAGIUM  CEYCIS. 

THE    SHIPWRECK        OF    CEYJT. 

Interea       Ceyx        turbatus  anxia 

Meanwhile         Ceyx         being-troubled        (as   to   his)    apprehensive 

pectora  (pi.)    que  prodigiis  sui    fratris 

breast   [heart]  both  by  the  miraculous-fortunes     of  his        brother 

que  secutis  fratrem,      parat          ire 

and  by  (those)  having- come-after  (his)  brother,       makes-ready       to-go 

ad       deum  Clarium,  ut         consul  at         sacras 

to    the   god          of-Claros    [Apollo],  that     he  may-question  the  holy 

sortes  solatia  (pi.)      hominum :    nam   profanus 

iots  [oracles],  the  solace  of  men:  for  ungodly 

Phorbas    cum         Phlegyis     faciebat         templa  (pi.) 

Phorbas  with      the    Phlegyae  did-make      the   temple 

5]      Delphica     invia. 

at-Dclphi          pathless    [unapproachable].         .        .         . 

Exierant  portubus  (pi.)',      et          aura 

They  had-gone-out-of      the  harbour;  and     the  breeze 

moverat       rudentes ;       navita  obvertit  later! 

had-stirred   the   ropes;  the   sailor        turns-to     the  (ship's)  side 

pendentes  ramos :  que  locat       cornua 

th«  hanging  oars  [i.  e.  lays  them  level]  :  and     plants   the   horns 

in       summa  arbore,  que  dedu- 

[yard-arms]  on  the  highest       tree-trunk    [the   mast-top],     and     draws- 

cit  tota        carbasa  malo,    que    accipit 

down  [unfurls]     all       the   canvas        from  the  inast,         and        catches 

venientes    auras.       Aut     minus     aut     certe     non 

the  coming  breezes.         Either          less  or       certainly       not 


LIBER   UNDECIMUB.  833 

amplius         medium  sequor  secabatur  [10 

more          (than)  mid  sea       was-being-cut  by  the  (ship's) 

puppe ;    que    utraque    tellus  erat    longS ;     cum 

stern ;  and          each  land  [shore]      was        far-off;        when 

mare    sub    noctem    coepit    albescere  tumidia 

the  sea  near        night          began          to-whiten         with    swollen 

fluctibus,     e*  praeceps  Eurus 

waves,  and       the  head-foremost  [rushing]         East-wind  (began) 

spirare    valentius.     '  Demittite  ardua   cornua 

to-breathe  more-strongly.     'Let-ye-down  [lower]  the  high       yard-arms 

jamdudum,  et  subnectite     totum  velum         antennis,' 

right-away,         and     underlie  [furlj       all  sail    on  the  sail-yards,' 

clamat        rector.       Hie  jubet:    adversae    [15 

cries  the   pilot.          |    This    (one)  [he]   orders :          opposing 

procellae     impediunt  jussa ;     nee  fragor 

.Mists  hinder  (his)    orders;         nor       'does  the  crash 

aequoris    sinit   ullam    vocem     audiri.         Tamen 

of  the  sea  'allow         any          voice       to-be-heard.  Yet 

sponte  alii  properant     subducere 

by-their-own-choice   other   (men)    [some]          hasten          to-draw-under 

remos ;     pars  munire 

(cover)  [to  haul  in]  the  oars;          a  part  (hasten)  to-secure  (the  ship's) 

latus ;      pars   negare        vela  ventis.      Hie 

side;          a   part      to-refuse     the  sails     to   the   winds.  This  (man) 

egerit  fluctus,  que   refundit       aequor    in 

bears-out  [bails  out]  the  waves,         and      pours-back   the   sea          into 

aequor :  hie         rapit  antennas.    Dum  quae    [20 

the  sea:  this  (one)  tears-down  the  sail-yards.      |  While  which 

geruntur         sine   lege, 

(things)  [and  while  these  things]  are-being-done    without   law  [order], 

asper  hiems  crescit,  que  feroces  venti  gerunt 

the  rough    winter  [storm]    increases,     and        fierce       winds  »H^e 

bella  ex  omni  parte,  que  miscent  indig- 

wars    from  every       part  [quarter],  and       mix-up  [embroil]  the    wrath 

nantia    freta.  Rector    ipse      pavet,      nee      ipse 

ful  seas.         The   pilot  himself  is  frightened,    'and     himself 

f'atetur      se  scire    qui     sit          status, 

fcduiiu         himself  'nut   to-know    whut  may-be  the  «Ute         lof  thing«X 


334  OVIDII   METAMOHPH. 

25]    nec    quid        ve        jubeat      ve    velit :        molea 

nor        what    he  either    must-order       or       desire:     the   mats 

mali    est    tanta    que      tanto      potentior         arte  ? 

of  mischief  is       so-great      and    by-so-much       mightier     (than)   skill? 

Quippe          viri        sonant  clamore,          rudentes 

For  the   men          make-noise      by    outcry,  the   ropes 

stridore,         gravis    unda  incursu 

by  creaking,       the   heavy          wave      by   the   running-in    [fast  influx) 

undarum,       aether      tonitribus.  Pontus 

of  (other)  wares,  the   sky        by   thunder-peals.         The   deep 

erigitur  fluctibus,  que      videtur     sequare 

is-uplifted       by  the  Sowings  [billows],       and          seems  to-equal 

coelum,  et  tangere       inductas 

heaven     (iw  height),  and   to-touch   the  being-brought-on  [overspreading] 

30]    nubes        adspergine.     Et  modo  cum  verrit 

clouds    with   spray.  And     now     when  it  has-turned-up 

fulvas  arenas  ex       imo  est  concolor 

the  yellow        sands   from  the  lowest  (part)  [the  bottom]  is       of-like-hue 

illis,    modo   nigrior  StygiE   nuda:    inter- 

with  them,       now         blacker      (than)  the  Stygian       wave:     between- 

dum  sternitur,     que     albet          sonantibus 

whiles  [at  times]     it  is-lerelled,          and      is-white    with  crackling 

spumis  (pi-}-      Quoque        Trachinia   puppis          ipsa 

foam.  Also         the    Trachiniau  stern  [ship]    itself 

agitur  his   vicibus :    et    nunc   sublimis    videtur, 

is-driven-on  by  these     changes:       ami       now  aloft  seems, 

35]    veluti    de         vertice  mentis,    despicere     in 

as-if         from   the   top  %  of  a   mountain,     to-look-down  into 

valles   que      imum      Acheronta :    nunc    suspicere 

the  rales         and      nethermost          Acheron :  now       to-look-up-to 

summum  coelum  de        inferno  gurgite,  ubi       curvum 

highest  hearen  from  the  infernal          gulf,        when   an  arched 

sequor        circumstetit  demissam. 

sea  [surge]     has-stood-round  [enclosed]     (it)    being-let-down     (into  the 

Ssepe,         icta  latus          fluctu, 

•rough).       'It  often,         being-struck     (as  to  its)  side        by  a  wave, 

dating     cntem  fragorem  :  nec  sonat  levius,      pulsata. 

'gives        a  mighty  crash:  nor   resound*  lighter,  being-smitten, 


LIBER    UNDECIMDS.  335 

quam  cum    olim         ferrous      aries      ve  ballista    [40 

than       when  sometimes  an  iron          battering-ram  or       ballista 

concutit         laceras     arces.       Que     ut     feri     leones, 

shakes  the   shattered       towers.  And        as       wild  lion*, 

viribus  (pi.)       sumptis  incursu,     solent      ire 

strength  being-gained        by  the  onset,  are-wont   to-go 

pectore  in  arma  que   tela   praetenta ;  sic, 

with  the  breast         on     arms      and  missiles    held-before     (them);      to, 

ubi  unda     commiserat    se 

when         the  wave  had-'set         itself  'on  [had  been  sparred  up] 

cobrtis   ventis,       ibat  arma  (pi-) 

by  the  risen  winds,       it  kept-moving-upon  the  armour  [tackling] 

ratis,  que  erat  altior  illis  (pi.)   multo.    [45 

of  the  craft,        and     was       loftier   (than)  that  by-much. 

Que  jam       cunei  labant,  que     rima,     spoliata 

And     now  the  benches  give-way,  and  a  crevice,  being-despoiled  in  [of] 

tegmine         cerae,      patet,     que      prsebet         viam 

the  covering          of  wax,  opens,        and        holds-out      a  passage 

letalibus   undis.      Ecce,   largi     imbres     cadunt 

for  the  deadly  waves.  So,          huge     rain-showers  fall 

resolutis   nubibus ;    que  credas 

from  the  loosened  clouds;  and       thou   canst-believe    [wouldst 

totum    coelum     descendere      in         fretum,    que 

thinkj   all  heaven        to-be-plunging      into     the   sea,  and 

tumefactum      pontum      scandere      in  plagas 

the   swollen  main          to-be-climbing      to         the   coasts 

coeli.  Vela    madent  nimbis ;          et    [50 

(,f  heaven.       Tke   sails          are-wet       with  storm-floods;       and 

aequoreae  aquae  miscentur         undis          coelestibus. 

the   sea  waters     are-mingled   with    waves    from    heaven. 

JEther     caret  ignibus ;         que     caeca     nox 

The  sky  is-without      (its)    tires    [stara] ;         and        blind        night 

premitur       que  tenebris  (pi-)  hiemis    que 

is-werwheloied  both     by   the   darkness  of  the    tempest        and 

suis.       Tamen       fulmina  discutiunt  has(j0/.); 

by  he  own.  Yet       the  lightnings     daub-apart  [scatter]  this 

que     inicantia     praebent     lumen :  undae 

kdarkntss] ;    ami  ihi-hing  furni.-h  I',,'1'1'  the    waver 

n 


336  OV1DII   METAMORPII. 

55j    ardescunt  fulmineis  ignibus.     Jain  qudque 

grow-ablaze      by   the   lightning  fires.  Now  also 

fluctus  dat  saltus  intra        cava   texta  (pi.} 

the  billow       gives    leaps       within  the  hollow    netted  (planka) 

carinae :     et    ut      miles,      prsestantior 

[ -amework]  of  the  keel  [ship]:   and     as     a  soldier,         more-excellent 

omni  numero,  cum      ssepe 

(than)    all  the    number         (of  his  comrades),       when          often 

assiluit  moenibus         defensse   urbis,    tandem 

he  has-leaped-at    the   works  of  a  defended          city,  at-last 

potitur  spe,    que       accensus  amore 

is-master    in    [of]   his   hope,       and         being-enflamed     by  the  love 

laudis,  inter       mille      viros,    tamen      unus 

of  praise,       (though)    among     a   thousand      men,          still  alone 

60]    occupat  murum ;  sic  ubi        celsi  fluctua 

takes-possession-of    the  wall;  so     when    the  tall        billows 

pulsarunt  ardua  latera,       insurgens 

have-battered  the  (ship's)  steep        sides,     the  rising-against  [gathering] 

impetus  decimse   undse     ruit     vastius :          nee 

onset  of  the    tenth  surge        rushes    more-wildly  (on):     nor 

absistit  oppuguare        fessam  carinam, 

stands-off  [ceases]  to-fight-against  the  wearied  [wave-worn]  hulk, 

prius    quam        descendat  velut     in         inoenia 

sooner        than        it   may-descend  [falls]    as-it-were  upon  the  walls 

captae  navis.      Pars  maris,    igitur, 

of  the  captured  [injured]      vessel.  Part     of  the   sea,  then, 

65]    tentabat     adhuc  invadere          pinum ; 

was-striving     hitherto  [as-yet]     to-march-into     the   pine    [ship] ; 

pars  erat  intus.  Omnes     trepidant     baud 

part        was  (already)  within.        They    all  haste-tremblitgly       not 

segnius  quam      urbs    solet  trepidare,  aliis 

blower  than      a   city        uses  to-haste,       other  (men)  [some] 

fodientibus        murum   extra,  atque   aliis 

;of  its  besiegers)  mining  the  wall  without,      and      others 

tenentibus       intus.  Ars       deficit, 

[luiat-ssing         (it)  within.     (Their)  skill     makes-off-from  [fails]  (them), 

que  animi  cadunt :  que  totidem  fluctus      veniunt 

ind     .Unir)  spirits         fall:          and     as-'many       waves     'as  come, 


LIBF.R    UNPECIMU8.  887 

rotidem        movt.es    videntur       ruerc       ntque    irrum- 

just-so-many       deaths  seem  to-rush-nn         and       to-break- 

pcrc.     Hie          tenet      non    lacnmas :    hie  [70 

in.  This  (one)  restrains       not  tear*  •  this    (one) 

stupet :  ille  vocat  beatos,     quoa 

i>  dumb-struck :      that   (one)         calls      (those   men)    blessed,         whom 

funera    maneant ;    hie  adorat     numen         votia, 

funerals         may-await)       this   (one)   prays-to   u   deity         with    vows, 

que  tollens  irrita  brachia  ad       coelum,  quod       videt 

and        niising         idle  arms         to    the    sky,  which  (he)  sees 

non.  poscit  opem:       illi  que  iratres  que  parens 

nut,  asks          aid:       to  that   (one)   both     brothers    and        parent 

subeunt ;  huic  domus 

u'i-troiu  beneath    [rise]    (in    memory);    to    this      (one)    home         (rises) 

cum         pignoribus,  et       cuique 

wiih    (hia)   pledges  (of  love),  and  to  each-one    (that  thing  risss) 

quod      relictum-cst.        Alcyone    movet    Ceyca:    [75 

which     has-been-left-1'eliind.         Alcyuue         disturbs  Ccyx  : 

nulla  nisi   Alcyone   est    in        ore          Ceycis: 

oo          (woman)     but         Alcyone         i-        in    the    mouth    of   Cej^z : 

et    cum        desideret         unam,  tamen  gaudet 

and    while     lie    must-miss      (her)   alone,          yet        rejoices  (that  she, 

abesse.  Vellet      quoque      respicere      ad 

is-away-from  (him).       He  would-like          also  lo-look-back          at 

oras  patrise,  que    vertere          ultimoa 

the  shores   of   (his;    father-      (laud),       and         to-turn     (his)    last 

vultus      in     domum:  verum       nescit      ubi  sit: 

looks         tow.ird.-       home:  but       he   knows-not  where   it  may-be: 

pontu-s   fervet         tantfi      vertigine,    et   omne    [80 

the  deep  b  <iU      \v,t!i  iw  /reat  a  whirling,          and  all 

crclum      latet  umbra        inductii  e 

the  fky  lie>-hii..ii'ii     in    tli.>    .-ii.-ule  brought-upon    (it)      from  . 

piceis         nubibus,     quu         imago          noctis     i>t 

the  jiitch-black         clouds,  and      the   picture        of  uight  i> 

duplicata.  Arbor      frungitur 

i. .allied          [f.  «.  made  twice  darker].         The  tree  [ma.«tj         i.i-in..M-i, 

incursu          nimboei  torbinia :       regimen 

0>    liie  onset  ol   the  .~toiiu\          whirlwind:   Ik*  gOVWVBMal  [ru.i'i  T 


338  OVIDII    METAMOBPH. 

et   frangitur :  que       superstes  unda,  aniraosft 

also    is-broken :       and   an  overstanding  [a  towering]  wave,  proud 

spoliis,  que  sinuata  despicit  undas, 

in  (its)  booty,        and        curved    (over)  looks-down-on  the  (other)  waves, 

86]    velut  victrix  (fern.).     Nee  prsecipi- 

as-if        (itself)    a   conqueror.  And    (it)  being-pitched- 

tata,      cadit       levius         quam  si   quis         evertcret 

headlong,     falls     not  more-lightly       than       if  any-one    should-out-turn 

Athon  ve  Pindum,     revulsos  e 

[overthrow]  Athos         or        Pindus,      plucked-back  [wrenched]      from 

sua   sede,    totos  in         apertum  jequor; 

their     base,       whole  [bodily]  upon  the  opened  [outspread]  plain; 

que  mergit       ratem  in       ima 

and     (it)    [the  wave]  sinks       the   vessel       to  the  lowest  (part)  [to  the 

pariter  pondere  et  ictu.  Cum 

bottom]  equally     by  the  weight         and  by  the  shock.      Together-with 

qu&  magna     pars  virorum,      pressa 

which   (ship)         a   large  part        of  the   men,  being-sunk 

gravi  gurgite,     neque  reddita 

in  the  heavy  [oppressive]       flood,  nor       and  not  given-back  [re- 

90]  in  aera,  functa-est         suo  fato :   alii 

stored]  to       air,  finished      with  their    fate:      other  (men) 

tenent     partes  et  trunca  membra  carinse. 

cling-to  the  parts      and  mutilated        limbs  [pieces]  of  the  keel  [ship]. 

Ceyx   ipse    tenet        fragmina  navigii  manu 

Ceyx      himself    holds     the   fragments      of  the  vessel        in  the  hand 

qua        solebat  sceptra  (pi.):    que,    heu! 

(in)  which  he  used          (to  hold)  the  sceptre;  and,         alas! 

frustra  invocat          socerum   que  patrem.     Sed 

in-vain        calls-on     (his)  father-in-law  and  (on    his)    father.  But 

conjux,    Alcyone,    est   plurima   in        ore 

(his)  wife,  Alcyone,          is  most        in    the   mouth  (of  him) 

95]    nantis.  Que  meminit  que  refert  illam : 

swimming.     'He  both    'remembers    and    mentions      that      (one) 

optat    ut        fluctus     agant     sua  corpora  (pi.) 

[ter] :  he  wishes    that  the  billows       may-drive     his  body 

ante       oculos   illius,  et  exanimis 

before  the  eyes        of  that       one)  [her],  and  (that)  'Le  out  -if-life  [lifeless] 


LIBER   UNDECnfUS. 
tuinuletur  amicis  manibus.     Dum  natat, 

may-be-entombed  by  friendly      bands.  While  he  keeps-swimming, 

quoties         fluctus  sinit  hiscere,  nominat 

as-often-as  the  surge        suffers  (him)  to-open-his-mouth,  he  names 

Alcyonen,    que    immurmurat       ipsis   undis. 

Alcyone,  and          murmurs-to       the  very        waves    (her  name) 

Ecce,  super       medios  fluctus     niger  arcus     aquarum 

Lo,  above   the    midway      billows     a  black       arch     of  waters 

frangitur         et    obruit  mersum    [ioo 

is-broken  [breaks]  and  rushes-on  [overwhelms]  (his)  sunken 

caput  rupta     unda\  Ilia  nocte 

head        with   (ita)   ruptured     wave.          On   that      night      (his   father) 

Lucifer  fuit  obscurus,  nee         quern  posses 

Lucifer        was          dim,         'and  (one)  whom  thou-'wouldst  "not  'be-able 

cognoscere :  et  quoniam          non     licuit 

to-perceive  [couldst  not  recognize] :  and       since      it  'was  not  'permitted 

excedere  coelo,      texit          ora  (pi.)  densis 

(him)  to-go-away-from  the  sky,       he  covered  (his)  face        with  thick 

nubibus. 

clouds. 


FAB.  IV.  (Metam.  Lib.  XL  573—649.) 

ANTRUM          SOMNI. 
THE    CAVE         OF    SLEEP. 

Interea  Molia,  ignara          tantorum 

Meanwhile       the  daughter-of-JSolus,       unknowing      of  so-great 

malorum,     dinumerat         noctes:      et     festinat    jam 

disaster-,  eounts-apart     the   nights:  and        hastens          now 

vestes   quas  ille     induat :    jam  quas          ipsa 

lh«  garments  which    he      must-put-on  :     now  (those)  which  'she  herself 

gerat         ubi  ille      venerit :     que       promittit          sibi 

'must-wear    wlu-n  he   shall-have-couie :  and  she  promises        to  herself 

inanes  reditus  (pi.).  Ilia 

(his)    vain  ivtiirn    [i.  e.  she  vainly  expects   him].      That   (woman) 

quidera        ferebat         pia      tura  (pi.)         omnibus 

fshe]  indeed  kept  currying       holy       inc"!n»e  to   all 


340  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

6]          Superis ;     tamen    ante  cunctos        cole* 

the  Gods-above;        yet         before   (them)   all  she  kept- 

bat  templa  (pi.}      Junonis :    que    veniebat     ad 

attending  the  temple  of  Juno:  and      kept-coming       to 

aras  (pi-}   pro      viro      qui    erat   nullus :         que 

^her)  altar  for      a  husband  who       was          none    [dead] :    and 

optabat        ut    suus      conjux  foret      sospes, 

kept-desiring     that      her        yoke-fellow    [spouse]    might-be  safe, 

que  ut         rediret ;  que  prseferret   nullam 

and    that   je   might-come-back ;  and  (that)  he  might-prefer  no 

sibi.     At   de     tot     votis  hoc  solum 

(woman)  to  herself.     But  from  so-many  wishes  this  (last  wish)          only 

10]    poterat    contingere       illi.  At 

was-able  to-reach         to   her   [»'.  e.  could  come  true].       But 

dea        non     ultra     sustinet        rogari        pro 

:he  goddess       no        farther          bears  to-be-entreated  |  for     (him) 

functo  morte ;  que    ut  arceat 

haviug-finished-with     death  [for  the  dead];     and     that     she  may-keep 

aris  (pi-}    manus   funestas, 

from  (her)  altar  hands          deathful  [made  unclean  by  death], 

dixit,       '  Iri,     fidissima     nuncia      meae  vocis, 

she  said,         '0    Iris,     most-faithful    messenger  of  my      voice  [words], 

vise        velociter      soporiferam  aulam      Somni; 

visit-thou       swiftly      tin    ,-leep-bearing    [drowsy]    court      of  Sleep; 

que  jube  imagine      Ceycis  exstincti 

and       bid     (him    that)    iu    the   likeness       of  Ceyz       quenched-out  (of 

15]  mittat     ad     Alcynonen      somnia 

life)  [perished]       he    send  to  Alcyone  dreams 

narrantia       veros  casius.'         Dixerat :  Iris     induitur 

relating          the  true        events.'      She  bad-spoken :    Iris    is-dressed-in 

velamina          mille      colorum,    et         signans 

[puts  on]  robes  of  a   thousand          hues,          and  'she  marking 

coelum  arcuato  curvamine,  petit       regis 

the  sky          with  an  arched  bend  [a  rainbow],  'seeks  the  king'i 

tecta  ( pi.}  jussi,  latentia  sub    rube.    Prope     Ciuimerios 

dwelling  (as)  ordered,    lurking  under  a  rock.         Near    the  Cimmerians 

est      spelunea  longo         recessu,    cavus   mons, 

ther«-ii  a  grotto          with    a    long   [deep]    retreat,      a  hollow  mountain 


LIBER    UNDECIMUS.  841 

domus  et     penetralia       ignavi   Somni,      quo"    [20 

(he  home        and     inmost-abode    of  inactive     Somnus,     whither 

oriens  ve  medius  ve  cadens  Phoebus  nunquam 

rising        or     midway     or       falling  [setting]       Phoebus  never 

potest    adire  radiis.     Nebulae   mixtsa 

u-able       to-go-to  [approach]  with  (his)  beams.  Mists  mixed 

caligine     que     crepuscula  (pi.)          dubiae      lucis 

with   darkness         and  twilight  of  doubtful        light 

exhalantur  humo.      Ibi   non       vigil        ales 

are-breathed-forth  from  the  ground.       There    not  the  watchful  winged 

cristati      oris  evocat  Auroram 

(one)  [bird]  of  crested  face  [head]      calls-forth       the  Dawn 

cantibus :  nee      ve     solliciti  canes    [25 

with  (its)  singings  [crowings] :    nor  'do  either    anxious         dogs 

ve         anser          sagacior  canibus,     rumpunt 

or      the   goose       more-quick-of-sense        than    dogs,  'break 

silentia  (pi.}  voce.     Non     fera,  non 

the  stillness  with  (their)  voice.         Not    a  wild      (beast),      not 

pecudes,    non    rami    moti  flamine,  ve 

sheep,  not       boughs     stirred  by  the  blowing      (of  the  wind),  or 

convicia  humanae   linguae,    reddunt       sonum. 

the  clamours       of  the   human  tongue,        give-back       a   sound. 

Muta     quies     habitat:  tamen      ab  imo 

Dumb         repose  dwells       (there) :  yet  from  |  the  lowest 

saxo  rivus  aquae    Lethes    [30 

rock  [base  of  the  rock]       the  stream      of  the  water   of  Lethe 

exit;         per     quern       unda  labens  murmure 

goes-out;      along      which     the  wave      gliding      with  a  rippling-souiid 

invitat   somnos  crepitantibus  lapillis. 

allures         slumbers      with    (its)   rustling  littlu-stones  [pebbles]. 

Ante         fores  antri   fecunda   papavera   florent, 

Before      the   doors     of  the  cave          fruitful  poppies  flourish, 

que    innumerae    herbac ;    de         lacte  quarum 

und  countless  liuii.    .        from   the    uiilk    [juice]       of  which 

huinida     nox     legit       soporem,    et    spargit          per 

tnoist  night       gathers        deep-sleep,      and     sprinkles    ^it)       over 

opacas    terras.  Tota    domo          nulla    [35 

me  darknned       earth.  In    the    whole      mansion    (in)    no 


342  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

janua,     quae        reddat          stridorem  vergo 

door,  which      can-give-back     a   creaking  with    (its)   turned 

cardine,    nullus       custos          in         liminc.      At     in 

i.iiige,  no  watchman     (is)  at     the   threshold.       But      in 

medio          antro    est      torus        ebeno,     sublimis, 

the   middle-of  the   cave  is       a   couch      on  ebony,        raised-bigh, 

plumens,  unicolor,  tectus  pullo  velamine: 

gtuffed-with-feathers,  one-coloured,  covered    with  a  brown         covering : 

quo          deus      ipse      cubat  membris     solutis 

on  which     the   god          himself         lies         with   limbs  relaxed 

languore.       Passim  circa   hunc  [40 

by   languor.  Every-wberc  [all]    around      this     (one)    [him] 

totidem  vana  somma  jacent,  imitantia  varias  formas, 

as-many        idle        visions          lie,          resembling      diverse         shapes, 

quot  messis  gerit  aristas,       silva 

how-many  [as  many  as]  the  harvest      bears        ears,       the  forest  (bears) 

frondes,       litus  ejectas  arenas.     Quo         sirnul 

leaves,          the  shore   (bears)    cast-up          sands.       Whither  as-soon-as 

virgo      intravit      que  manibus       dimovit 

the   virgin  went-in          and      with    (her)    hands  moved-apart 

sonmia    obstantia  sacra  domus 

the   visions      |  standing-against  (her)  [in  her  way]  the  sacred  mansion 

reluxit  fulgore  vestis,  que     deus,    [45 

shone-again  with  the  brightness  of  (her)  robe,         and  the  god, 

vix     tollens          oculos    jacentes  gravitate, 

icarce     lifting      (liis)   eyes  lying   [drooping]    with   heaviness, 

que    relabens     iterum    que    iterum,    que    percutiens 

und       falling-back        again         and          again,          and  striking 

summa  pectora  (pi-)  nutanti  mento, 

the   highest-of     (bis)    breast  with    (his)   nodding  chin, 

tandem  excussit  se          sibi :  que        levatus 

at-last        shook-forth  [roused]  himself  to  himself:     and       being-raised 

cubito,      scitatur  quid          veniat 

[leaning]    on   (his)    elbow,       wants-to-know    (for)    what    she  may-come 

(enim      cognovit).  At  ilia :  '  Somne,    [50 

(for        he   knew  (her).       But    she     (says) :  '  0  Sleep, 

quies  rcrum,  Somne,  placidissime 

re«t        of  (all)  things  [the  worldj,  0  Sleep,  gentleil 


LIBER    UNDECIMUS.  343 

deorum,    pax  animi,    quera    cura       fugit, 

»f  the  gods,  peace       of  the   uiiml,         whom       care      flces-froui, 

qui   mulces   corpora   fessa          duris    minister iis,    que 

who      southest         bodies       wearied    with    hard  services,  and 

reparas  labori;       jube  somnia,    quae 

refittest        (them)   for   toil;         command-thou    (that)    visions,       which 

iequant       veras  formas     imitamine,  adeant  Alcyonen 

equal          the   real          shapes     in   counterfeit,        go-to  Alcyone 

Herculeum  Trachina,  sub        imagine  regis, 

lc  the  Herculean  Trachin,        under  the  figure          of  the  king 

que       fingant       simulacra  naufraga.    [55 

[Ceyx],  and  form  pictures  of  a   shipwreck. 

Juno  imperat  hoc.'  Postquam  Iria         peregit 

Juno        enjoins       this      (thing).'        After-that       Iris     drove-through 

mandata,  abit : 

[finished]  the  (things)  committed     (to  her)  [the  message],  she  goes-off; 

enim  neque   poterat  ulterius  tolerare 

|  for         neither  was-she-able  [for  she  could  not]  further  endure 

vim        soporis ;  que  ut         sensit  somnum          labi 

tin:  ]  ower  of  drowsiness ;  and     as      she  has-felt         sleep     to-be-gliding 

in  artus,  effugit,         et      remeat 

into       (her)    limbs,  she   flees-tbrth,        and       goes-back      (along) 

arcus  (pi.)    per    quos         venerat  modo.    [60 

the  bow  along     which     she   bad-come          just-before. 

At     e         populo     suorum    mille   natorum 

But   from    the   tribe        of  his  thousand        burn       (to  him)  [sons] 

pater  excitat  Morpbea,      artificem  que  simulatorem 

the  tiitiier    wukes-up     Morpheus,     the   artist  and         counterl'citci 

figurae.         Non  alter     exprimit         sollertius 

of  form.  Not         (any)  other         expresses          mure-skilfully 

illo         jussos   incessus  (pi-),    et          vultum     et 

(than)  he       the   desired          gait,  and     the   look  and 

Bonum  loquendi.  Adjicit     cuique  et 

tone  [manner]     of  speaking.  He    adds-to  each     (on»)  both 

vestes  et  consuetissima  verba.     Sed  hie  [65 

(his)  clothes  and     most-customary       words.          But    tbig  (other 

imitatur   homines    solos ;  at          alter  fit 

one)  personates  human-beings  alone;     but  (still)  another  (one)  become* 


844  OVTDII   METAMORPH. 

fera,  fit        volucris,  fii 

a  wild       (beast),         becomes   a   winged       (animal)    [bird],        become! 

serpens  longo  corpore.  Superi 

a  creeping     (thing)  [serpent]  with  long  body.         The  Gods-above 

hunc  Icelon,  mortale 

(name)  this         (the  former  one)  Icelos  [Or.,  Resembler],  the  mortal 

vulgus     nominat  Phobetora. 

crowd  names          (the  latter  one)         Phobetor  [Gr.,  Frightener]. 

Est      etiam     tertius  diversae  artis, 

There-is     also      a   third        (one)     of  turned-aside    [different]  art, 

Phantasos.  Ille  fallaciter  transit  in 

Phantasos  \_Gr.,  Seemer].         He     deceptively   goes-over  [changes]    into 

70]    humum,  que  saxum,  que  undam,  que  trabem, 

toil,  and        rock,        and       wave,       and        beam  [tree], 

que  omnia  quae  vacant  anima.     Hi 

and          all       (things)   which  are-void  in  [oft]  soul.  These   (three) 

solent       ostendere    suos    vultus 

are-wont      |   to-show  their          looks    [f.  e.  to  present  themselves] 

regibus  que      ducibus      nocte :   alii  pererrant 

to   kings  and     to   leaders       by    night:        other  (ones)  rove-among 

populos  que       plebem.     Senior  Somnus  praeterit 

nations        and  the  populace.          Elder  [ancient]  Sleep  goes-past 

hos  que      eligit        e        cunetis        fratribus 

these   (spectres),       and      picks-out    from  all  the   brothers 

Morphea  solum,  qui         peragat  edita 

Morpheus        alone,     who     must-carry-through     tlw    (things)  given-out 

75]  Thaumautidos ;         et,  solu- 

[commands]  of  the  child-of-Thaumas  [Iris] ;   and   'he,  being-dis- 

tus      rursus        molli   languore,    que    deposuit 

solved       again       in    soft  languor,         both      'put-down    [reclined] 

caput    que  recondidit  alto 

the  head         and        'hid  (it)   'back  [buried]  (it)  in  the  |  lofty  (thing) 

Btrato. 

spread  [couch*]. 


LIBER    UNDEOIMDS.  346 


FAB.  V.     (Metam.  Lib.  XI.  6W— 709.) 

80MNIDM  ALCTONE8. 

V7S2ON         CF    ALCYONE. 

Hie  volat     per          tenebras  (pi),          alia 

He  [Morpheus]     flies     through     the  darkness,  with  wingi 

facientibus     nullos     strepitus ;     que       pervenit       in 

making  no  noises ;  and         conies-through       te 

Haemoniam  urbem  intra   breve  temp  us 

the  Haemunian  [Thessalian]      city  [True-bin]  within  a  short  time 

moras:  que       pennis   positis  e  corpore 

of  delay;         and   the   wings       being-laid  (aside)  from  (his)  body 

abit       in  faciem         Ceyces :     que 

|  he  goes-off    into  [he  assumes]     the  aspect          of  Cey*x:  and 

figuru,     suinptu,  stetit    luridus,    sirailis 

(that)  form          being-taken  (on),  he  stood       ghastly,        like-to    (one) 

exanimi,     sine     ullis     vestibus,     ante         torum      [5 

lifeless,  without    any          vestments,       before     the  bed 

miserae    conjugis.  Barba  viri    videtur 

of  (his)  wretched         spouse.  The  beard       of  the  man  seema 

uda,      que  unda     gravis  fluere 

(to  be)  moist,        and         the  wave  heavy      (with  brine)       to-flow 

madidis    capillis  (pL).       Turn,         incumbens 

from  (his)  wet  hair.  Then        'he,  leaning-upon 

lecto,  ait  haec,  fletu  profuso 

[over]  the  lied,       'snys  these  (thiugs),  weeping  [tears]  being-poured-forth 

super         ora  (pi.) :       '  Agnoscis  Ceyca,     miser- 

over       (his)  face:  '  Knowe»t-thou     (thy)  CeVx,        0     most- 

rima        conjux?        An  mea    facies    mutata-est 

wretched       spouse?  Whether     'has  my         aspect       'been-chaiiged 

nece  ?        Respice ;  nosces :          que    [io 

by  death?  Look-behind  (thec);     thou  wilt-know  (me);    and 

invenies  umbram  conjugis  pro 

wilt-conie-upon   [find]  the  shade          of  (thy)  spouse        for    .nstemd  of] 

tuo  conjuge.     Tua  vota,      Alcyone,     tulerunt         nil 

thy         spouse.  Tby     v»ws,     0    Alcyone,         have-brought   nothing 


346  OVIDII    MRTAMORPH. 

opis       nobfe.  Occidimus: 

of  aid        to   us.     .  We  have-fallen-upon  (death        <-• 

noli        promittere   me        tibi     falso.  Nubilus 

wish-not        to-promise        me     to  thyself   falsely.       'the  cloudy  [cloutl- 

Auster  deprendit  navim 

Bringing]    South-wind        has-caught-down-on  [seized]  the   ship 

in        Mg&o     aequore,  et      solvit,          jactatam 

on     the   JSgaean  level    [sea],       and      shattered  (it),  being-tossect 

15]  ingenti   flamine :    que        fluctus      impl^runt 

by  a  mighty  blast;          and     the   waves  have-filled-in 

nostra  ora  (pi-),  clamantia  tuum  nomen  frustra. 

[stopped]  our          mouth,  calling-on        thy       name          in-vain. 

Non        ambiguus    auctor  nuntiat   haec 

Not        an   uncertain  author  [informant]  announces    these  (things) 

tibi:         audis  ista  non      vagis      rumoribus: 

to   thee:    thou   hearest   those  (things)  not  by  wandering  reports: 

ego     ipse      praesens  naufragus  edo 

I  myself    being-before  (thee)  a  shipwrecked  (man)    give-out  [utter] 

mca  fata  (pi.)     tibi.     Age,  surge,  da  lacrimas,  indue 

my        fate  to  thee.       Come,     arise,     give        tears,  put-on 

20]    lugubria :  nee    mitte  me          indeploratum 

mourning  (garments) :  nor    j  send       me  [let  me  go]      unwept-for 

sub       inania  TartaraQ??.).'      Morpheus   adjicit 

bomeath       void  [ghostly]     Tartarus.'  Morpheus     throws-to 

his  vocem,  quae  ilia  crederet   esse 

[adds  to]  these  (words)  a  voice,        which  she  could-believe    to-be  (the 

conjugis.      Quoque       visus-est       fundere 

voice)  of  (her)   spouse.  Also         he   has-seemed    to   shed 

veros  fletus:  que        manus  habebat       gestum 

real        weepings  [tears] :  and   (his)   hand  had         the    bearing 

Ceycis.       Alcyone     lacrimans     ingemit, 

[motion]  of  Cey"x.  Alcyone  weeping  groans-at    (itj, 

25]    que     motat  lacertos  per         somnum :    que 

and     often-moves  (her)  arms  in     (her)  sleep:  and 

petens  corpus,    amplectitur   auras  (pi.)  ; 

seeking  [grasping  at]  (his)  body,  embraces  air; 

que  exclamat,  '  Mane  !       Quo       rapis        te  ? 

i.aii         cries-nut,          'Stay!          Whither  tearest-thou    thyself  (away)? 


LIBER    UNDECIMUS.  847 

Ibimus       una.'  Turbata 

We  will-go  in-one  (way)  [together].'  'Sb«   beiag-disordered 

sua       voce  que  specie  viri,      excutit 

by  her-own  voice     and  by  the  appearance  of  (her)  hufband,  'shakes-off 

soporem :    et    primo    circumspicit  si       sit   illic, 

Bleep:  and       first  looks-around     (to  see)  if  he  be      there, 

qui  modo  visus-erat :  nam      ministri,  moti 

who  just-now    bad-seemed     (to  be) :     for     the  servants,     being-startled 

voce,      intulerant        lumen.       Postquam    [30 

by  (her)    voice,         had-brought-in      a   light.  After-thai 

invenit  non       usquam,  percutit 

she  comes-on    [finds]       (him)       not          any-where,          she   beats 

ora  (pi.)  manu :    que   laniat        vestes     a 

(her)  face  with    (her)   hand:          and       rends     the   clothes  from 

pectore :    que   ferit         pectora  (pi.)   ipsa.      Nee 

(her)  breast:  and     smites  (her)  breast  itself.  Nor 

curans    solvere  crines  (pi.)         scindit : 

caring         to-unbind     (her)   hair  she    'tears  (it)    'out- 

et  altrici  roganti  quae 

and      to  (her)  foster-mother      entreating     (to   know)     what     (may  be) 

caussa  luctus,       ait :  '  Alcyone  est  nulla, 

the  cause       of  (her)   grief,       she  says:       'Alcyone       is      none  [loct], 

est  nulla ;  occidit     una     cum  suo  Ceyce.    [35 

is        none  [lost];     she  has-fallen  together   with     her          Ceyx. 

Tollite  solantia  verba.          In- 

Raise-and-bear-off  [away  with]     (your)  comforting     wcrds.         He  has- 

teriit    naufragus.      Vidi,  que   agnovi,         que  cupiens 

perished  in-shipwreck.     I  saw,       and  I  knew       (him),  and       desiring 

retinere,  tetendi          manus  ad        disce- 

to-hold-back  [keep]  (him),    I  stretched     (my)  hands      to   (him)  going- 

dentem.  Umbra       fuit :        sed    et    tamen 

apart  [departing].      A  shade          it    has-been:     but     even        yet      (it 

manifesta    que    vera   umbra      mei    veri.       Si 

was)  the  manifest  and       real         shade      of  tny      husband.       If 

quaeris,      ille   habebat   non   quidem       vtltus    [40 

thou  askest,  he  had  not        indeed      the   looks 

adsuetos:  nee  nitebat  ore,         quo 

wonted-to       (him):    nor      'was  (be)  'bright     with  the  face,  witb  which 


348  OVIDII    METAMORPH, 

prius.         Infelix  vidi          pallentem,  que 

(h«  was  bright)  before.         'I  unhappy  'saw   (him)    pale,  and 

nudum,    et          capillo    adhuc  hurnente.      Ecce, 

naked,  and   with   hair  hitherto   [still]    wet.  Lo, 

miserabilis         stetit      hoc  ipso  loco:'  et        quaerit 

the  wretched          (one)  stood     on  this     very     spot:'     and  she  searches 

si  qua  vestigia      supersint.  '  Erat  hoc, 

if    any     footsteps   be-«ver-and-above  [be  left].     'It  was      this  (thing), 

45]    hoc,  quod      timebam  divinante  animo:  et 

this,     which     I  kept-fearing  in  (my)  presaging          mind:     and 

quod      rogabam       ne,      fugiens      me, 

(for)  which     I  kept-begging      'that,     fleeing-from      me,     thou-'wouldst 

sequerere        ventos.     At  certe,  quoniam         abi- 

'not  'follow  the   winds.  But     surely,         since      thou  |  wast- 

bas  periturus,  vellem, 

going-off      about-to-go-through  (life)     [doomed  to  die],       I  could-wish 

duxisses  me  quoque.  Fuit 

(that)  thou  mightst-have-led  [hadst  taken]  me        also.          It  'has  [had] 

utile  mihi  ire      tecum ;    enim          neque 

been  a  good  (thing)  for  me      to-go     with-thee;       for     (then)     neither 

egissem  quicquam       de  tempore 

should-I-have-driven  [led]  any-thing  from       the   time 

vitse      non         simul,  nee 

of  (my)  life          |  not        together-with  (thee)  [away  from  thee],        nor 

50]  mors    discreta-fuisset. 

'would  (my)  death  'have-been-sifted-apart  [severed  from]  (thine). 

Nunc  absens  pereo,      quoque 

Now       (though)  away         (from  thee)  I  perish,     'I   too  (though) 

absens    jactor  fluctibus :    et          pontus    habet 

away          'am-tossed  on  the  billows :  and     the   sea  has 

te       sine     me.  Mens       mihi  sit 

thee     without     me.          |    The   mind       to    me         [my  mind]     must- be 

crudelior  pelago    ipso,    si     nitar         ducere 

more-cruel       (than)  the  sea  itself,       if    I  can-strive  to  lead 

vitam    longius,    et     pugnare     superesse  tanto 

life  longer,        and       struggle          to-be-above  [survive]  so-great 

dolori.     Sed  neque     pugnabo :     ncc   relinquam     te, 

a  «orr?w.         But      neither     will-I-struggle  :     nor       will -I .leave      the* 


LIBEK    UNDECIMUS. 

miserande :  et   nunc     veniam    [55 

0  (thou)  to-be-pitied  [0  wretched  one]  :  and     now     I  will-come 

Balteui  comes          tibi :    que   in        sepulcro,   si 

at-least       (as)  a  companion   to    thee:       and       in     the   grave,  if 

urna  non,  tamen       litera  junget 

the  coffin     (shall  join  us)   not,          yet      the  letter  [epitaph]  shall-join 

nos :     si      tangam     non          ossa          meis     ossibus, 

us:  if    I   shall-touch     not     (thy)    bones     with   my  bones, 

at  nomen  nomine.'  Dolor  prohibet 

yet  (I  shall  touch  thy)  name      with  (my)  name.'  Grief    holds-aloof 

plura ;  que   plangiore  inter- 

[hinders]     more      (words) ;    und  beating       (of  the  breast)     comei- 

venit  omni    verbo,    et    gemitus    trahuntur 

between  [interrupts]     every         word,       and        groans  are-drawn 

a  attonito    corde.  [60 

from     (her)    stunned  heart. 


FAB.  VI.     (Metam.  Lib.  XI.  710—748.) 

CEYX     ET     ALCYONE     MUTATI       IN      AVE8. 
CEYJT   AND    ALCYONE    CHANGED     INTO    JI/KDS. 

Erat      mane:  egreditur  tectis 

It  was         curly-morn:     she  goes-forth     from  the  covered    (placet) 

ad       litus  (pl>),  et  mcesta  repetit  ilium  locum 

[house]     to    the  sea-shore,         and  sorrowful  returns-to     that          place 

de      quo          spectarat  euntem.  Que    dum 

from     which     she  had-beheld     (him)      going       (off).         And       while 

moratur   ibi,    que    dum        dicit,     *  Hinc         solrit 

the   lingers         there,     and      while   she   says,       '  From-here  he  loosed 

retinacula;  hoc   litore        discedens   dedit 

the    hold-bucks    [cables] ;      on    this       shore       'he   departing          'gave 

oscula      mihi,'  que   dum         reminiscitur 

kisses       to   me,'         and      while     she   calls-buck-in-mind   [rememberi] 

acta  notata 

the  |  (things)  done     (there)    [events]          having-been-marked   by   (her) 

oculis,     que       prospicit  fretum ;         tuetur     [u 

tyes,  and        luoks-forth-on        the   sea;  she    behuldi 


350  OVIDII    METAMOKPH. 

nescio    quid  quasi  corpus     in 

|  I   know-not     what    [something]       as-if        a  (human)  body  in 

liquida    aqua",          distante  spatio;    quo 

the  liquid  water,      at  a  standing-apart  [distant]       space;          and 

primo  erat     dubium    quid  illud 

in-the-first  (place)  it  was          doubtful       what     (thing)       that     (thing) 

esset.         Postquam          unda     appulit 

might-be.  After-that        the   wave  'drove      (it)  'to  (the  shore) 

paulum ;  et  quamvis         aberat,      tamen       liquebat 

a  little;  and    although      (it)  was-way-off,       yet         it   grew-clear 

esse       corpus,  ignorans     quis  foret, 

(that   it)    was       a  body,  "she,   not-knowing      who      he   might-be 

10]    mota-est  omine,     quia  naufragis, 

'was-startled     by  the  omen,         because     (he  was)  a  shipwrecked 

et     taiiquam         daret  lacrimam 

(man),  and          as-if          she   would-giye  [were  giving]     a  tear 

ignoto,  inquit,    'Heu!         miser, 

to  an  unknown  (man),       she   says,  'Alas!  (thou)  wretched  (one), 

quisquis          es,      et  si   qui    conjux    est 

whoever         thou  art,       and      (wretched  she)  if     any       spouse          is 

Corpus,     actum  fluctibus,  fit 

The   body,  driven       by   tho    waves,  becomes 

propius.       Quod,  quo  magis    ilia 

nearer.  Which  (body),       by  what  [how  much]         more        she 

tuetur,     hoc  minus  et  minus     mentis  est. 

gazes-at,  by  this  [so  much]  less        and     less      of  sense          is    (to  her). 

Cernit          jam   que  jam 

She  perceives  (it)    |  now       and      now  [every  moment]    (to  have  been) 

adinotum  propinquae     terrae,     jam  quod 

brought-towards      the   adjacent  land,  now     (to    be)      what 

15]          posset  cognoscere.       'Est  ille,'     excla- 

she  might-be-able     to   recognize.  '  It   is       he,'       she   cries- 

mat  :    et      una      lacerat  ora  (pl-\    comas  (p/.), 

out:         and     at-once  tears         (her)    face,  hair, 

vestem :    que  tendens  trementes  manus       Ceyci,  ait, 

robe :  and     stretching       trembling        hands       to   Ceys.,       says, 

'Redis  sic       me,     carissime  conjux,  sic 

Beturnest-thou     thus     to  me,     0  dearest  spouse,     thus  0  (thou' 


LIBER    UNDECIMU8.  351 

tniserande?  Moles,       facta  manu, 

to-be-pitied  [wretched  one] '!         A    pile  [pier],     made     by  the  hand, 

adjacet         undis,  quae          frangit       primas  iras  (pi.) 

Hes-near-to  the  waves,     which  (pier)  breaks      the  first          wrath 

aequoris,    et         praedelassat  incursus    [20 

of  the  sea,  and     wearies-out-beforehand      the  inroads 

aquarum.  Insilit   hue:  que      fuit 

of  the  waters.  She   leaps-on    hither    [this   pier] :     and      it    was 

minim  potuisse,  volabat;  que 

a  wonderful  (thing)    (that  she)  was-able  [could],   she  flew-along;     and 

miserabilis      ales      percutiens          levem      ae'ra 

(as)  a  wretched  bird  beating  the   light  air 

pennis      mod6      natis,  stringebat 

with    wings  just  born    [sprung   out],        she   skimmed 

sammas  undas.       Que   dum        volat, 

the  highest  [the  surface  of  the]     waves.          And       while     she   flies, 

ora  (pi.),    crepitantia  tenui    rostro,    dedelre 

(her)  mouth,  twittering      with    a   slender        beak,  gave 

sonum  similem      moesto,     que  plenum  querelse.    [25 

a  sound  like      to  a  sad     (one),  and          full      of  complaint. 

Vero  ut       tetigit       corpus  mutum  et  sine  sanguine, 

But        AS    she  touched    the  body  dumb      and  without  blood, 

complexa       dilectos  artus  recentibus  alls, 

'she,  embracing     the  beloved        limbs     with  (her)  fresh-made      wings, 

nequiequam    dedit  frigida    oscula  duro 

vainly  'gave     (him)     cold  kisses      with    (her)    hard 

rostro.          Populus  dubitabat  Ceyx      senserit 

bill.  The    people  doubted       (whether)  Ceyx     may-have-felt 

hoc,  an          visus-sit  tollere        vultum 

this     (act),  (or)  whether  he  may-have-appeared     to-raise  (hi:))  face 

motibus  undse :    at    ille   sonserat :  [30 

by  the  motions       of  the  wave :         but      he          had-felt      (it) : 

et   tandem,       Superis     miserantibus,  amlo 

and      at-last,     the  Qods-above  pitying          (them),     'they  both 

mutantur  alite.  Tune  qu6que          amor 

'are-changuii     with  a  bird  [into  birds].      Then         also      (their)  lore 

mansit  obnoxious  isdem   fatis  (pi-),  nee 

remained         mihjci-t        to  the  same         destiny  (as  before),     DOT 

23 


352  OVIDH   METAMORPH. 

conjugiale  foedus  solutum-est  in       alitibus. 

'was  the  marriage         covenant       'dissolved        in    the   winged     (ones) 

35]  Coe'unt,  que  fiunt  parentes; 

[birds].         They  go-together  [unite],     and    become  parents; 

que  per         placidos  dies,     hiberno  tempore,  Alcyone 

and    during  the  calm  days,  in  winter  time,  Alcyone 

incubat  septem  nidis  pendentibus          aequore. 

lies-cm  [broods  over]       seven      nests          hanging        on  the  level  [the 

Turn  via  maris       tuta ; 

expanse  of  water].  Then         the  passage     of  the  sea        (is)   safe; 

^Eolus  custodit       ventos,  et  arcet  egressu: 

jEolus          guards      the  winds,       and     keeps  (them)  from  going-forth : 

que          praestat  aequor          nepo- 

and       makes-stand-before  [presents]       a  (calm)  i«a  to  his  grand 

tibus. 

children  [t.  e.  the  young  of 


LIBER    DUODECIMO'S.  358 


LIBER     DUODECIMUS. 

BOOK  THE   TWELFTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  XII.  39—63.) 

DOMU8  FAMJE 

THE    ABODE    OF    FAME. 

EST  locus   in       medio     orbe  qne 

THERE-IS    a  place      in     the  middle      |  circle    [of  the  world]    and 

inter  terras  que       fretum  que       coelestes  plagas, 

between     the  land          and    the  sea  and    the  heavenly        regions, 

confinia         triplicis   mundi :    undo     quod 

the  confines       of  a  threefold         world  :       whence     whatever  [all  that) 

usquam         est         quamvis          absit          regionibua, 

any-where         there-is  however    it  may-be-distant  in  regions, 

inspicitur,  que  omnis  vox  penetrat  ad       cavas  aures. 

is-seen,  and       every      voice       pierces       to    the  hollow          ears. 

Fama    tenet,  que     legit        domum        sibi        in 

Fame          holds      (it),      and      chooses     an   abode        for  herself  upon 

summ&     arce :     que     addidit  tectis  (pi-}      [5 

the  extreme         height:       and     has-added-to  (her)  bouse 

innumeros  aditus  ac      mille    foramina,  et          inclusit 

numberless        avenues  and  a  thousand    openings,     and  has         shut-up 

limina  nullis        portis.         Patet      nocte    que 

the  thresholds  with  n<  doors.         It  stands-open    night        and 

die :        tota  est  ex   sonanti   sere :        tota 

day:     the  whole  (house)     is     (made)  of      sounding      brans:  tlu>  whoU 

fremit,     que       refert  voces :    quo   iterat 

murmurs,       and       brings-back  [echoes]       the   voices:        un-1 


354  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

quod       audit.         Est     nulla  quies  intus,  que  silentia 

what       it  hears.  There-is       no          rest      within,     and        silent4* 

10]        nulla  parte.  Tamen  nee  est  clamor, 

in   no  part.         'And  yet  'not    is    (there)  a  shouting, 

Bed        murmura         parvae          vocis :    qualia   solent 

but      the    murmurs         of  a  small    [low]       voice:         such-as    are-wont 

ease  de  undis  pelagi,     si        quis 

tc-be  [to  come]       from       the  waves       of  the  sea,  if       ;uiy-one 

audiat  procul,     ve   qualum     sonum 

may-hear  [stands  listening]       at-a-distance,     or         "such        a  sound 

extrema       toriitrua      reddunt,      cum      Jupiter 

'as  the  most-distant         thunders  give-hack,          when  Jupiter 

increpuit       atras         nubes.         Turba  tenent 

chicled  the  pitch-black     clouds.         A   crowd        kceps-possesskm-of 

atria:    que         leve      vulgus     veneunt,     que 

[fills]     the  halls :          and     the  fickle          vulgar  come,  and 

Irt]    eunt:    que       millia    commenta   rumorum    mista 

go:  and      a   thousand         devised  rumours  mixed 

veris  vagantur          passim,        que  confusa  verba 

With   true  roam          hither-and-thither,     and     confused       words 

?olutant.  E  quibus   hi  implent 

roll-out  [gradually  spread]  (them).     Of      which   these  [some]  fili 

valuaa     aures  sermonibus :      hi  ferunt 

the  empty  ears         with    speeches:  these  [some]         convey 

narrata    alio :    que       mensura  ficti 

the  (things)  told  elsewhere:  and  the  measure  [size]  of  the    fiction 

20]    crescit,     et  novus    auctor    adjicit     aliquid 

grows,  and    (each)  new  author          adds        something 

auditis.  Illic 

|  to    tht    (things)    heard     [to   what    he   himself    has   heard].       There 

Credulitas  est,  illic  temerarius  Error,  que  vana 

Credulity  is  [stands],  there  rash  Mistake,    and     emptv 

Laetitia.     que      consternati      Timores,     que      repens 

Joy,  and  dismayed  Fears,  and        creeping 

Seditio,    que   Susurri  dubio     auctore.  Ipsa 

Sedition,         mid     Whispers   from   a   doubtful        author.        'She  herself 

vidct         quod      rerum  geratur 

observes       |  what     of    things         is-done     [what    affair?  are  transacted] 


LIBER   DUODECIMUB.  855 

in    coelo,    que    pelago,    ot    tellure,    que  inquirit     in 

in      heaven,      and           sea,        and       earth,        and  examines     into 

totum     orbem.  P25 

the  whole  world. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIL  64—145.) 

MORS  CYONI. 

THE    DEATH    OF    OTONUS. 

Haec  fecerat         notum  Graias  rates 

She    [Fatne]       bad-made    (it)   known      (that)    the    Grecian         rafts 

adventare   cum      forti   milite :    neque        hostis 

[ships]   arrive  with     a   strong       army:  'and       the   enemy 

inexspectatus  adest  in  armis.  Tree's  prohibent 

"not  unlooked-for         is-present  in     arms.         The   Trojaus          keep-off 

aditus  (pi),    que   tuentur        littus:     et, 

[oppose]    (their)    approach,  and         defend       the   shores:       and 

Protesilae,  cadis       primus  fataliter      HectoreS 

'thou,  0  Protesilaus,       'fallest  the  first  fatally      by    Heotorean 

hasta :  que       proelia       commissa       stant         Danaia 

ipear:         and     the   fights       being-commenced    |  stand   to  the  Greeks 

magno :  que  Hector    [5 

at  a  great  [high]  (price)  [i.  e.  cost  the  Greeks  dear]  :  and       Hector 

nec    cognitus  fortis    animae,    nee    Phrygea 

(then)   not  known         (as)  a  brave          soul,  nor        Phrygian* 

senserunt  exiguo  sanguine 

have-felt          |  by   a   littfe  blood    [at  a   small   expense   of  blood] 

quod  Acha'ia  dextera  posset. 

what       Grecian         right      (hands)  [prowess]  might  be-able  [could  do]. 

Et    jam      Sigea     littora     rudebant:  jam 

And     now  the  Sigean         shores          did-reddcn      (with  blood):     now 

Cygnus,  Neptunia  proles,  dederat       mille 

Cygnus,         Nejnurian      offspring  [Neptune's  son],      gave     a   thousand 

viros  leto?  jam   Achilles  instabat    [10 

men  [warriors]     to    death :     now        Achilles         wus-standing-up 

curru.    que    sternebat   tota   agmina  ictu 

In    (hi*)   chariot,       and         scattering       whole         bunds     by  the  strokt 


356  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

Peliacse   cuspidis,    que   quaerens   per         acie* 

of  (his)    Pelian  spear,  and         'seeking     through    the   lines 

aut  Cygnum  aut  Hectora      congreditur  Cygno : 

either     'for   Cygnus          or         Hector        he   encounters  Cygnus : 

Hector  dilatus-est  in       decimum  annum.     Turn 

Hector        was-put-off  [reserved]  to  the  tenth  year.  Then 

exhortatus  equos  presses  canentia  colla 

having-cheered     (his)  horses      pressed  (as  to  their)         white        necks 

15]  jug°j     direxit         currum    in         hostem ; 

with   the   yoke,  he  directed  (his)  chariot     against  the  enemy ; 

que  concutiens         vibrantia  tela  (pi.}         suis  lacertis, 

and        shaking         (his)  quivering      spear  with   his  arms, 

dixit,       '  Quisquis          es,      0      juvenis,      habeto 

he   said,  '  Whoever      you   be,          0  youth,  have 

solamen  mortis,  quod         sis  jugulatus 

(this)   comfort        of  [in]  (thy)  death,  that    thou  art  slain 

ab       Haemonio  Achille.'     Hactenus       ^lacides. 

by   the   Haeinonian       Achilles.'  Thus-far    the  descendant-of-^Eacu« 

Gravis    hasta    secuta-est  vocem. 

[Achilles],          (His)    heavy          spear  followed          (his)   voice. 

Bed  quamquam  nullus    error    fuit  in        certa 

But  although  no         missing     was     in      the   tried    [faithful] 

20]    hasta,     tamen        profecit       nil  acumine 

spear,  yet  it   effected         nothing     by    the    sharpness 

emissi       ferri:       que      ut  tantummodo 

of  (its)    discharged       iron:  and       so-that  'it    only 

aontudit        pectus  (pi.}          hebeti      ictu.         '  Nate 

'bruised         the    breast  with    a   blunt  stroke.         '0    born 

de&,'  inquit   ille,    ('nam       prae- 

by  a  goddess*  [son  of  a  goddess],       says        he,  ('for      we  bave- 

novimus      te        fama,)    quid         miraris  vulnu? 

foreknown       thee     by   fame,)          why       dost-thou-wonder     a    wound 

abesse         a     nobis  ? '  (enira       mira- 

to-be-away     from        us?'   [that   I   remain  unhurt?]     (for  he  did-won- 

batur.)     <Non     haec     capis,     quam        cernis,     fulva 

der.)  '  Not          this         helmet,       which     you   see.  tawny 

25]  equinis  jubis,    nee         cava    parma,         onus 

with    horse-  manes,       nur     the  hollow      shield,       tb«    load 


LIBER    DUODECIMU8.  357 

sinistrac;,  aunt  auxilio          raihi: 

•f  (my)  left  (arm),  are  for   assistance       to  me: 

decor  quaesitus-est    ab    istis.      Mar*    quoque 

ornament   (only)        has-been-sought     by      these.          Mars  too 

solet    capere    arma    ob    hoc.  Oinne    officium 

is-wont     to-take         arms       for       this  (reason).  All  service 

tegminis  removebitur,  tamen          abibo 

of  the  covering  [protection]     will-be-taken-away,       yet      I  shall-go-off 

indistrictus.         Eat     aliquid     non  satum-esse 

unhurt.  It   is          something       not          to-have-been-begotten 

Nereide,    sed  qui   temperat   que    [30 

l>y  a  Nereid,  but    (by  this  one)      who         rules  both 

Nerea      et  natas       et          totum  aequor. 

Nereus         and   (his)  daughters    and      the   whole       surfaco-of-the-sea. 

Dixit:  et  misit  in       .ZEaciden 

He  spoke :      and  let-go  [hurled]    at  the  descendaut-of-jEacus  [Achilles] 

telum  haesurum  curvamine 

(bis)  spear  (that  was)  about-to-stick  in    the    bending    [buss] 

clypei,  quod      rupit        et         aes     et      proxima 

uf  the  shield,       which  broke-through  both  the  brass  and  the  next 

novena     terga  bovum,  tamen 

nine  backs  [hides]       of  oxen    [folds   of  ox-hide],       but-at-last 

moratum-est         decimo  orbe.  Heroa 

it  was-impeded     by  the  tenth         circle  [fold]  (of  the  hide).     The  hero 

excutit,  hoc,  que     rursus        torsit         trementia 

'shakes  it       'off,      and         again         he  hurled      the   quivering 

tela  (pi.)  forti   manu :    rursus         corpus    [35 

spear  with  (his)   strong     band:          again     (bis)    body 

fuit  sine      vulnere,  que  sinceram,  nee       tertia 

was    without  a  wound,         and        sound  [uninjured],     nor     the  third 

cuspis    valuit   destringere    Cygnum  apertum  et  prae- 

spear          availed  to-graze  Oygnus        uncovered     and       ex- 

bentem     se.  Exarsit  baud 

posing        himself.       lie  [Achilles]  bocauie-inflamtd  (with  rage)         not 

secus,  quam     taurus         aperto  Circo  cihn  petit 

otherwise,  than     a  bull         in  the  public       Circus    when  he  rushes-upon 

puniesas  vestcs,     sua     irritainina,        tcrribili 

[butto]  the  scarlet         veMuieiuj,  hii-o^n     inccnines,  with  i  inm 


358  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

40]    cornu,  que  sentit       vulnera  elusa.  Tamea 

born,         and  perceives  the  wounds      eluded.    At-length-however 

considerat   nura         ferrum  hastse  excide- 

ne  examines          whether  the  iron  of  the  spear       may-have-fallen- 

rit.         Haerebat  ligno.  'Ergo,'          ait, 

off.         It  was-sticking     to  the  wood  [shaft].          'Therefore,'      says-he, 

*mea    manus    est    debilis,    que    effudit    in    uno 

'my  hand          is          weak,         and      has-spent    on       one  (man) 

vires  (pi-}  quas     habuit  ante.     Nam        certei 

the  strength     which  it  had       (boasted  of)  before.        For   undoubtedly 

45]       valuit,         vel  cum  primum     dcjeci       Syrnesia 

it  bad-strength,     or     when         first         I  overthrew  the  Syrnesian 

moenia ;  vcl  cum     implevi  que  Tenedon  que  Eetioneaa 

walls :  or     when    I  filled  both       Tenedor      and         Eetionean 

Thebas  suo  sanguine;    vel    cum        Caycus 

Tb  ,bes          with  their-own  blood;  or       when     the  Caycus 

fluxit   purpureus          populari    caede,    Telephus      bia 

flowed  purple          with    native  slaughter,       Telephus        twice 

sensit         opus        mea    hastae.       Hie     quoque     mea 

felt  the  effect       of  my  spear.  Here  too  my 

dextera  valuit,         que  valet,  tot 

right          (hand)       was-strong,         and         (still)  is-strong,         so-many 

caecis,  quorum         et         feci     et      video 

having-been-slain,          of  whom  'I  both       'made      and  see 

50]         acervos    per         littus.'  Dixit,    et,   veluti 

the  heaps  along     the  shores.'          He   said,        and,        as-if 

male    crederet  actis       ante\ 

he  'would  ill  'trust  to  (his)  deeds     previously  (performed), 

minit         hastam  in  adversum  Menoeten  de       Lycia 

he  hurled  (his)  spear          at        adverse         Menoetes        of  the    Lycian 

plebe :      que         rupit          simul  loricam        que 

throng:          and         tore-asunder       at-once         the  coat-of-mail        and 

subjecta   pectora  (pi-}-     Quo  plangente        gravem 

the  under-lying      breast.  Who         beating         the  heavy 

55]    terram  moribundo  vertice  extrahit  illud 

earth          with  (his)  dying  head         draws-out       that 

idem  telum  de         calido  vulnere,  atque  ait :     '  Hsec 

•snje        spear     from  the  reeking       wound,  and       says  :          '  'l.'i»i» 


LIBER    DUODECIMUS.  359 

eat         manus,     haec  hasta,  qua         modo 

js         the    hand,  this       (is)    the    spear,         with    which      just-now 

vicimus.          Utar  isdem 

we  [I]  conquered.         I  will-make-nse-of  the  same       (hand  and  spear) 

in       hoc :  precor       idem   exitus   sit  m 

against  this    (one) :  I  pray         the  same         issue     may-be  in-rcgard-to 

hoc.'     Que  sic       fatus,  petit        Cygnum,      nee 

him.  And    thus     having-said,     he   lets-fly-at         Cygnus,  nor 

fraxinus     errat :  que     non     evitata 

'does  the  ashen-spear       'miss       (its  mark) :      and        not          avoided 

sonuit  in         sinistro  humero.    Inde  repulsa-est,    [60 

it  sounded  on  (hia)  left  shoulder.      Thence  it  was-repelled, 

velut      a       muro    que       solida"    caute.  Tamen 

as-if         from     a  wall         and  [or]    solid          crag  [rock].  Yet 

Achilles    viderat    Cygnum  signatum  sanguine, 

Achilles       bad-observed     Cygnus         marked  [stained]  with  blood, 

qua         ictus-erat,      et  gavisus-fuerat 

where     he    had-been-b.it,       and  [but]       he  bad-congratulated  (himself) 

frustra.     Nullum    vulnus     erat:     ille  erat       sanguis 

in-vain.  No  wound     there-was :     it        was     the  blood 

Mencetae.     Turn       ver6       fremebundus  desilit 

of  Menoates.  Then          indeed  grumbling          he  leaps-down 

praeceps    ab          alto   curru,  et  potens         secu-    [65 

headlong       from  (his)  lofty     chariot,    and  attacking  (his)  care- 

rum      hostem         cominus  nitido       ense, 

less  foe  in-close-cotnbat          with  (hi?)  shining         sword, 

cernit  parmam       que    galeam         cavari 

be  perceives       that  (his)  round-shield       and         helmet          are-pierced 

gladio,  et  ferrum     quoque     laedi       in 

by  (his)  sword,       and  (that)  the  iron-weapon       also      is-blimtnl   upon 

duro      corpore.  Haud    tulit   ulterius :    que 

the  callous          body.  Ho  'did  not  'bear        further:  »n<i 

pulsat         ad  versa     or  a  (pi)  viri        ter    [70 

he  strikes       the   adverse  of   the   hero      thrice 

quater  educto      clypeo  cava    tempora 

lour  with  (his)  up-drawn         shield     (and  hia)  hollow          i 

capulo:  que  sequens       instat  cedentem : 

with    the    hilt:  urirt       pur-uiii£     h.'   pfMMI  up  .n    tlM    .Melding 


860  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

que      turbat    que    ruit:  que     negat 

(hero):  and         confounds     and     'rushes  (him)  'down:      and        deniea 

requiam  attonito.  Favor  occupat  ilium : 

repose          to  the  thunderstruck  (hero).       Horror      seizes-on  him: 

que    tenebrse    natant    ante  oculos :    que      lapis 

End  mists  float          before     (his)  eyes:  and       a   stone 

medio  arvo        obstitit  ferenti 

in    the    midst  (of  the)    plain  withstood      (to   him)      drawing 

aversos    passus       retro.  Super     quam 

(big)   averse  steps          backwards.  Over          which     (rook) 

75]    Achilles  multa     violentia     vertit     Cygnum 

Achilles          with    much  violence          turned  Cygnus 

impulsam  corpore  resupino,  que  adflexit 

precipitated     with    (his)   body  bent-back,       and       dashed     (him) 

terrae.          Turn         premens  praecordia 

to   the  earth.  Then  pressing-down  (his)   vitals 

clypeo  que  duris  genibus,      trahit        vincla 

with    (his)   shield        aud     hardy         knees,         he  draws     the    straps 

gelae,      quae        subdita  pressa      mento 

of  (his)   helmet,       which          lying-under       (his)    pinched  chin 

eliduit  farieces  (pi'}    et    eripiunt          respira- 

squeezed-on     (his)    throat  and      shut-up       (his)  wind- 

80]    men    que         iter  animae.  Parabat 

pipe        and     the  passage  of  (his)  breath.          He  was -preparing 

spoliare        victum :  videt          arma    relicta : 

to-despoil     his  vanquished  (foe):      he  sees         (his)  armour  left: 

deus  aequoris  contulit          corpus     in     albam 

the  god       of  the  sea  transformed  (his)  body  into    a  white 

volucrem,    cujus    nomen  modo   habebat. 

bird,  whose        name        'he   did   lately          'bear. 


LIBER   DUODECIMUS.  861 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  XII.  580—628.) 

ACHILLES      C^SDS      A      PARIDE. 
ACHILLES        SLAIN     BY       PARIS. 

At         deus    qui   temperat  sequoreas  undas 

But      the    god      who        tempers     [rules]    the          sea-  wav«s 

cuspide,  dolet  patria      mente 

with  (his)       point     [trident],  'grieves  in  (his)  paternal        mind    [heart] 

corpus         nati  versum  in     Sthenele'ida  volucrem  : 

'for  the  body  of  (his)  son    changed  into  the  Stheneleian  bird  : 

que          perosus  saevum   Achillem,      exercet 

and       having-greatly-hated       the     raging          Achilles,    he  keeps-busy 

memores  iras  (pi.)  plvis  quam 

[disturbs  himself  with]    mindful    [vindictive]  anger  more       than 

civiliter.  Que  jam     bello  tracto 

aa-a-citizen  [becomes  a  citizen].     And     now   the   war    being-drawn-out 

per    duo  quinquennia,    compellat    intonsum 

[protracted]  through  two         five-years,       he      accosts      the       unshorn 

Sminthea  talibus  dictis  :  '  0  longa    [5 

Smintheus    [Apollo]  |  with  such       words  [as  follows]  :   '  0     by-far 

gratissime     mihi       de       natis          fratris,        qui 

the       most-dear     to    me        out-of  the  sons  of  (my)  brother,  'thou  who 

mecum  posuisti       irrita    moenia  Trojse, 

together-with-me    'bast-laid  the  ineffectual     walls    [bulwarks]  of      Troy, 

ecquid       ingemis,       ubi          adspicis          has     wees 

whether      dost-thou-groan,    when       thou-lookst-upon        these     citadels 

jam  jam     caesuras  ?  aut  ecquid  doles  tot 

just-now         about-to-fall  ?     or     whether     dost-thou-grieve-for   so-many 

inillia      csesa  defendentia        muros  ?       ecquid 

thousands      slain      (while)        defending        the     walls?     (or)  whether 

ne     persequar  omnes,  [10 

I-' will      not         'follow-up       [set-forth]         all         (the  reasons), 

umbra      Hectoris     tracti     circum     sua     Per- 

Moes  the    shade      of      Hector          dragged       around     bis-own       Per- 

gama  subit,  quum     tamen    ille    feroz 

gamua    'come-up   (before  thy  mind),      sine*  yet          that      savag* 


362  OVIDTI   METAMORPH. 

Achilles,      populator     nostris  opens, 

Achilles,       the     destroyer     of      jour         work     [f.  e.  the  city  of  TroyJ, 

que         cruentior  bello    ipso,    adhuc    vivit? 

and          more-bloodthirsty    (than)       war        itself,  still  lives? 

Det  se          mihi:          faxo  sentiat 

May-he-present     himself     to     me:        I  shall-make  (that)  he  may-feel 

15]    quid      possim  triplici  cuspide. 

what   I  may-be-able  (to  do)  with  (my)      |  triple       point  [trident]. 

Et  quoniam         non    datur  concurrere     cominus 

And     because     it-'is    not    'allowed  (to  me)      to-engage      in-close-fight 

hosti ;         perde  necopinum 

with  an  enemy  ;  do-thou-dispatch  (him)     unawares    [while  off  his  guard] 

occulta  sagittaV        Annuit:  atque 

with  a  covered  [secret]         arrow.'        He     nodded    (his  assent) :      and 

Delius       indulgens  pariter  que     suo     ammo 

the  Delian  (god)   indulging          alike       both    his-own      mind  [passion] 

que  patrui,  velatus          nebula 

and    (that)  of  (his)  paternal-uncle    [Neptune],      veiled       in  a        cloud 

pervenit      in          Iliacum   agmen,  que   in 

comae  within  the      Trojan  train      [line  of  march],  and      in 

media"  caede  virorum      cernit      Parin 

the     midst     (of  the)  slaughter       of  men  singles-oat          Paris 

spargentem  tela         rara         per        ignotos  Achivos : 

scattering  shaft.-   In    o-and-there  among   the   ignoble  Greeks: 

20]    que         fa  deum,     ait:  'Quid 

and     having-con leased  (that  he  was)  a    god,     he  says:      'Why 

perdis  spicula  sanguine         plebis  ?     Si 

dost-thou-spend  (thy)     darts      on    the       blood       of  the  vulgar?         If 

est     tibi  qua    cura      tuorum,  vertere  in 

|  there    is   to  thee  [you  have]  any       care     of      thine,  turn        on 

JEaciden,  que  ulciscere  caesoa 

the   descendant-of-^lacus  [Achilles],  and        avenge      (thy)  slaughtered 

fratres.'     Dixit:  et  ostendens       Peliden     sternentem 

brothers.'    He     said:    and      showing     the  son-of-Peleus    stretching- out 

Troica   corpora  ferro, 

[prostrating]  the    Trojan          bodies     [ranks]  with  (his)     iron    [sword], 

25]        obvertit      arcus  in  ilium ;  que    direxit        certa 

he      benda   (his)    bow     at     him  ;     and  he  directed  the  une 


LIBER   DUODECIMU8.  368 

*picula         letifera1    dextr&.      Hoc  fuit 

»!i;il!s      with  death-bringing  right  [hand].  This  was  (atbingonaccountof) 

quod       senex  Priamus  posset  gaudere  post 

which    the     aged          Priam         might        rejoice       after  (the  death  of) 

Hectora.         Igitur,     Acliille.  ille     victor     tantorum 

Hector.         'Thou      then,      0    Achilles,      the   conqmTor   of   such-great 

victus-es    a    timido  raptore     Graiaemaritae.'  At 

),  'art-conquered  by  the  dastard  ravLiher  of  a  Grecian     wife.'         But 


gi   fuorat  tibicadendum     femineo  Marte  ;    [30 

if  it  liad-bcen  'necessary  to  thee       'to-fall    |  in  a  feminine      war 

malles          cccidisse 

[bj  tin-  hand  of  a  woman];  thou  wouldst-rather          IJ.IYO  i'.illen   |  bj  the 

TherinodontiacE  bipenni.  Jam 

T'hrrmodontic  two-edged-axe  [t.  e.  by  Penthefilia's  battle-axe].  Now 

ille  ^acides,      timor  Phrygum,      decua 

had  that      A'-liilies,     the     fear   [terror]  of  the  Phrygians,    the  honour 

et     tutela  Pelasgi  nominis,    caput  insuperabile 

and  safeguard   of  t)io    Polasgian       name,       a     head  impregnable 

bello,  arserat;  idem  deus  arm&rat,  que 

in     war,        'burned  (in  the  pyre)  ;  the  same      god     bad-armed,     and 

idem     crem&rat.         Jam     est  cinis  (ring.}  ;  et  de 

the    same     hud-consumed  (him).    Now  he   is    achug;  and   of 

Achille  tarn    magno      nescio      quid  restat,    [35 

Achilles    a  (man)     so         great      I  know-not        what    remains, 

quod         non    bene   compleat     parvam    urnam.       At 

what     'can     n»t       well  'fill-up      a        little  urn.       But-yet 

gloria,  quse  compleat      totum  orbem,  vivit.     Haeo 

(Li«)   fame,      which    may-nll-up  the    whole       earth,     does-live.       Thii 

mensura  respondet        illi  viro  :  et  haec    est 

measure  answers         |  t<>  that    man    [to  the  hero]  ;  and    this         u 

par        tibi,          Pelide,  nee  sentit 

»-,jcti    t:    thee,    0    son-of-I'eleua    [Achilles],     'and  (U)  "not  sensible-of 

i   inia  Tartara.  Etiam      ip?e  clypeus,    nt 

;y       Tartarus  [»'.«.  dies  not].     Even  (hM)  rery      shield,       that 

posses  cognoscere  cujus  fuerit,  movet       bella,    [40 

ili  -u  uiighUt          know         whose  it     was,       causes  (new)   wars, 

que  arma  feruntur  de  arma.         Non  Tydide* 

and      arms      are-borne    for    arms.  Not-eren       tbt     ton  of-TydeM 


364  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

audet  possere  ea,      non     Ajax  Oileos, 

[Diomedes]  dares     to-claim     them,  not-even     Ajax    the   son-of-Oileus, 

non  minor   Atrides,  non 

not-even   the  lesser     son-of-Atreus  [Menelaus],  not-even    (Agamemnon) 

major  bello   et   aevo,     non     alii:       fiducia 

the   greater   (both)  in     war     and      age,     not-even  others;  the        hope 

45]       tantae  laudis  fuit  soli  creato 

of  so-much    glory     was   to  (him)  alone  [i.e.  Ajax]  being-begotten 

Telamone  que  Lae'rta.  Tantalides 

by     Telamon      and  Laertes.    The descendant-of-Tantales [Agamemnon] 

removit         onus    que    invidiam  a         se : 

diverted      the    burden      and          odium      (of  a  decision)  from  himself: 

que     jussit       Argolicos  duces  considere  mediis 

and    he  ordered  the  Grecian  chiefs  to-sit        in  the  midst 

castris  (pi.} :  et  trajecit      arbitrium        litis  in 

(of  the)  camp :  and  transferred  the  judgment  of  the  case     oa 

omnes. 

all  (qf  them). 


LLBEK   TEHTIUS   DECIMU8.  tk)6 


LIBER    TERTIUS    DECIMUS, 

BOOK  TBS  THIRTEENTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIII.  1—398.) 

CERTAMEN  DE  ARMI8         AOHILLI8. 

CONTEST       CONCERNING    TBS    ARMS  OF   ACH1LLMM. 


SPEECH     OF     A  J  A  X. 

DUCES   consed£re,  et,    corona*          vulgi   stante, 

TIE   CHIEFS       were-seated,  and,  a    circle     of  the  vulgar     standing 

Ajax     dominus         septemplices  clypei  surgit  ad 

(round),  Ajax  the       lord       of  the       sevenfold          shield    rises-op    to 

hos.     Que  ut     erat  impatiens  irae,      respexit 

these.       And     as  he  was       impatient     of  [in]  (his)  wrath,  he       viewed 

Sigeia  litora,  que      classem  in      litore,          torvo 

the    Segean      shores,      and  the       fleet       on  the    shore,  with  a    stern 

vultu;  que     intendens       manus,      inquit:  "Pr6     [5 

look;          and     stretching-out  (his)  hands,     he     cries:         "0 

Jupiter!     agimus          caussam         ante          rates;  et 

Jupiter!         do-we-plead  (our)     cause       (here)  before  (these)  ships;  and 

Ulixes  confertur  mecum  ?  At    dubitavit  non  cedere 

'•hall  Ulysses  'he-compared  with-me?    Yet  he     scrupled       not     to-vield 

Hectoreis    flammis,    quas    ego    sustinui ;         quaa 

tc      Hectorean          flames,          which         I          sustained;  (and)  which 

fugavi  a   hac  classe.     Est   igitur   tutius, 

I  put-tn-flight  [repelled]    from  this      fleet.      It    is       therefore        safer, 

oontendere       fictis  verbis,  quam  pugnare  manu. 

to-oontend        with  artful     words,        th»n        to-fight     with  the          flit 


366  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

10]    Sed  nee  est  promtum  mihi  dicere, 

But  neither  |  is-it      easy       to   me  to-speak  [is  ray  talent  speaking], 

nec     isti        facer e :  que  quantum  ego  valeo 

|  nor  to  this  [him]     to-do  [nor  his  to  act]  :  and  as-uiunh-as      I     can-do 

feroci  Marte,  que  in  acie,       tanturn  iste     valet 

in    fierce        war,        and   on   the   battle-field,      so-much    this  [he]     can 

loquendo.     Nec     reor     tamen,  Pelasgi,       mea  facta 

In    speaking.      Neither  do-I-think  however,  Pelasgians,  (that)  my    deeds 

memoranda-ease      vobis ;  enim      vidistis :  Ulixes 

need-to-be-recounted    to      you;         for    you  have-seen  [them] :  Ulysses 

narret    sua,  quse       gerit      sine     teste,    quorum 

may-relate  his  (deeds),  which  be  performed  without  a  witness,  of       which 

16]       nox  sola  conscia-est.  Fateor   praemia  (pi.}       peti 

the  night  alone  was-conscious.     I    own    the  prize     I  have-demanded 

magna:  sed          aemulus    demit         honorem. 

(to  be)    great:      but  (such)  a      rival      takes-away  the      honour  (of  it). 

Lice't     hoc  sit     ingens,  est  non  superbum 

Although    this    (prize)   may-be       vast,      (yet)  it    is     not  brave 

teuuisse  Ajaci,  quidquid  Ulixes  speravit.     Iste 

to-have-gained  (it)  of    Ajax,      whatever      Ulysses      expected.  He 

jam  nunc    tulit         pretium     hujus  certaminis,     quod 

even       now    has-got   the      reward     of     this         contention,     in   which 

quiim  victus-erit,  feretur          certasse 

when        he  shall-have-been-conquered,   he  shall-bc-said        to-have-vied 

20]    mecum.    Atque,  si  virtus   esset   dubitabilis  in  me, 

with-me.     And-even,  if  prowess  might-be       doubtful       in     me, 

ego  essem  potens     nobilitate,  creatus    Telamone,  qui, 

I         would-be  powerful  by    high-birth,      begotten  by      Telamon,      who, 

sub          forti  Hercule,    cepit        Trojana  moenia:  que 

under  the  valiant     Hercules,     captured  the      Trojan         walls:         and 

intravit      Colcha  littora          Pagasaea  carina.   JEacus 

entered       the  Colchian     shores   in  the    Pugasaean   keel  [ship],      .3Sacui 

25]    est  pater   huic,  qui   reddit  jura        silentibus 

is       father  to  him,    who  gives-forth  laws  to  the  silent        (places) 

illic,   ubi      grave  saxum  urget  Sisyphon         .ZEoliden. 

there,    where  a  heavy        rock        urges      Sisyphus      the  son-of-^Iolus. 

Summus  Jupiter  agnoscit  ^Sacon,  que  fatetur 

The  supreme         Jupiter  owns          Miaous,       and    confesses  (him) 


LIBKR    TERTIUS   DKCIMUS.  367 

esse  suam  prolem.     Sic  Ajax  tertius     a      Jove 

to-be   bis-own    offspring.      Thus    Ajax  (is)  the     third       from     Jupiter. 

Nec  tarnen,      Archivi.         haec  series  prosit       in 

Nor          yet,       ye     Greeks,     'may    this     lineage      'avail  (me)  in  (my) 

caussam  ;  si  est  non  communis     mihi 

fau^e;  if  'it  [this  lineage]     'is     not        common     to     me     with 

magno  Achilles.     Erat      frater:  [30 

great  Achilles.     lie  was  (my)  brother  [i.e.  $c.  patruelii,  couiin- 

peto  fraterna.  Quid  cretue 

german] :  I  (only)     ask        fraternal     (things).       Why  does-'he  sprung 

Sisyphio  sanguine,  que  simillimus      illi 

from  Sisyphian         blood,  and       most-like      to    him        [Sisyphus] 

furtis   et   fraude,    inserit     nomina        alinae    gentis 

in    thefts      and      fraud,          'graft     the   names      of  a  foreign  race 

JEacides  ?  An  arma 

'on  the  descendants-of  JEacus?      Whether  'must  the    arms   (of  Achilles) 

ueganda    mihi,    quod     veni      prior  in  arma,  que  sub 

be-denied    to     me,       because  I  came  the    first     in     arms,      and  under 

nullo  indice  ?  q-ue        ille        videbitur  potior,  qui    [35 

no       discoverer?    and  'shall  that  ( man)  1>«  deemed  preferable,  who 

cepit  ultima,  que  detrectavit  militiam  ficto 

took-up  (arms)  the     last,       and         declined  military-service  by  pretended 

furore;    donee         Naupliades,  sollertior 

madness;         until       the  son-of-Nauplius    [Palamedcs],   more-ingenious 

isto,  et    inutilior      sibi,    retexit       commenta 

than  he,   and  more-useless  to  himself,  disclosed  the  deep-devices  of  (his) 

timidi    animi,    que    traxit  ad   vitata   arma. 

cowardly       soul,         and     'dragged  (him)  'forth   to      avoided        arms. 

Sumat    nunc  optima,  qui 

|  He  may-take       now     [Let  him  now  take]  the  beat        (a.ina),     who 

noluit  sumere  ulla;        nos,  qui  obtulimus    [40 

has-been-unwilling    to-take      any;    'may    we,     who       exposed 

nos     ad      prima  pericula, 

|  ourselves  to  the      first        dangers    [t.  e.  ourselves  first  to  dangers  for 

simus  inhononiti,  et      orbi  patruelibus  donis  ? 

you],     'be       unhonoured,   and  deprived-of  (our)       cousin'i  gifts? 

Atque     utinam    ille    furor    esset   aut    verus,    aut 

Anil          I  wi.-h -thiit     that    madness  might-be  either       true,         or   (to) 

2* 


368  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

creditus ;    nee  hortator      scelerum    unquam 

believed;  nor    'had  (this)     counsellor   of        crimes  ever 

venisset         comes     bic   ad      Phrygias  arces !      Non 

'come        (as)  a  companion  hither    to  the     Phrygian    towers !     Not-even 

46]    Lemnos,  Poeantia     proles,  haberet 

Lemnos,        Poeantian        offspring   [Philoctetes],     might-possess 

te      expositum  cum  nostro  crimine:  qui  nunc, 

Vhee         exposed         with    [through]       our  guilt:         who        now, 

ut  memorant,  abditus       silvestribus  antris, 

as    'they   [people]  say,  concealed  in  sylvan  caves, 

moves  saxa      gemitu,    que         precaris        Laertiadae 

inovest      rocks  by  groaning,      and  thou       wishest    the    son-of-Laertei 

quae     meruit:  quae       precaris     non  vana,     si 

rUlysses],  what  he  deserved:    what  thou  wishest     (is)  not       vain,        if 

sunt  di.     Et  nunc  ille,  juratus         nobig 

there    are   gods.     And     now     he  [Philoctetes],  having-sworn  with        01 

50]    in      eadem  arma,  heu  !  una  pars        ducum,     quo 

to  the  self-same  arms,      alas!     one     part  of  our  chiefs,  in  whom 

sagittae    Herculis  utuntur      sucessore,  fractus  que 

the       arrows   of    Hercules          have     (an)     inheritor,       broken      both 

morbo  que  fame,     que  velatur  que  alitur     avibus ; 

by    disease      and    famine,  'is  both     'clothed     and        fed     by        bird*; 

que    exercet         spicula    debita  Trojanis    fatis 

and         employs     the       shafts  due        to  the        Trojan  fate* 

petendo          volucres.     Tamen  ille         vivit,     quia 

in     shooting    (these)       birds.  Tet        he  (still)   lives,      because 

66]    non      comitatus     Ulixen.  Infelix  Palamedes 

not   having-accompanied  Ulysses.         The  unhappy        Palamedes 

et     vellet          relictus-esse :  viveret :  aut 

too    might-wish  to-have-been-left-behind  :  he  would-be-living:  or-at4east 

cert£  haberet  letum  sine    crimine  • 

he-' would  certainly    obtain    [have  obtained]   death  without  a          crime: 

quern  iste,  nimium   memor  male  convicti 

whom         he     [Ulysses],        too  mindful  of  (his)     111      discovered 

furoris    finxit     prodere  rem  Danaum,     que 

madness       feigned       to-betray     the    interest  of  the      Greeks,  and 

probavit          fictum    crimen,    et      ostendit        aurum, 

(.roved  (his)     feigned       charge,      and  he      shows       the  gold, 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMUS.  369 

quod      jam           praefoderat.  Ergo    [60 

which       already  he  had-buried-before  (In  his  tent).       Therefore 

subdixit       vires  Acbivis,  aut         exsilio.    aut 

he  drew-away  the  forces  from  the     Greeks,    either  by  banishment,       or 

nece.     Sic  Ulixes  pugnat,  sic     metuendus-est.    Qui, 

by  death.      Thus  Ulysses       fights,    thus   he  must-be-dreaded.         Who, 

licfct          eloquio        vincat       quoque   fidum  Nestora, 

although  in  eloquence  he  overmatches  also         faithful  Nestor, 

tamen  baud    efficiat    ut       rear          Nestora  desertum 

yet  never  will-he-make  that  lean-think  (that)    Nestor  deserted 

esse  nullum  crimen :  qui,  quum  tardus  vulnere 

was  no  crime :      who,     when       slow      through  the        wound 

equi,  que  fessus        senilibus  annis,         imploraret 

«f  (hi?)  steed,  and     spent    with  years  [age],  bad-implored 

(Jlixen,  proditus-est  &  socio.  Tydides    [65 

Ulysses,         was-betrayed    by  (his)  companion.  The  son-of-Tydeu* 

bene   scit,          haec   crimina  non     fingi      mihi, 

well       knows,  (that)  these       crimes    |  I-'have     not      'formed  to         me 

qui      corripuit  vocatum    saepe 

[I  have  not  imagined],  who       secretly-chid  (him)         called  often 

nomine  ;  que     exprobravit  fugam          trepido  amici. 

by      name;       and  he      reproached       flight    to  (his)  trembling    friend. 

Superi      adspiciunt  mortalia 

The  gods-above          surrey  mortal     (things)  [the  affairs  of  men] 

justis  oculis.     En  !  eget  auxilio,  qui    [70 

with      just        eyes.         Lo! 'he  (himself) 'wants        aid,       who 

non  tulit :      que  ut    reliquit,  sic     linquendus-erat. 

'did  not    'bring  (it):  and    as  he       left,         so  he  was-doomed-to-be-left. 

Ipse      dixerat          legem      sibi. 

He      had-pronounoed  the    law     to  himself  [such  law  he  had  made  for 

Conclamat          socios.        Adsum ; 

himself].     He       calls-out     (his)  companions.     I  am-present  [I  come] ; 

que   video         trementem,  que  pallentem         metu,  et 

and    I      see    (him)      trembling,        and   growing-pale  with     fear,     and 

trepidantem  futur&  morte.        Opposui        molem 

shuddering  at  the     future        death.       I      tpposed     the  bulk 

clypei,  que  texi  jacentem  ;  que  servavi    [75 

•f  (mj)  ihield,    w»d  oovertd  (him)  lying-prostrate;  and      i»v«d 


\70  OVIDII  MBTAMORPH. 

mertem  aniraam  (hoc  est      minimum  laudis).     Si 

sluggish  soul         (that    is     the        least       of  (my)   j  raise).         I* 

perstas     certare,  redeamus  ad  ilium  locum: 

tbou      persist    to        vie,        let-us-return    |  to      that         place     [to  the 

redde       hostes  (pi-),  que  tuum  vulnus,  que 

tame  spot]:    restore  the       foe,  and       thy        wound,       and 

Bolitum  timorem :  que  late   post       clypeum:  et  con- 
sented fear :  and  skulk  behind  (mj)      shield :      and    con- 

tende  mecum  sub  illo.     At  postquam    eripui, 

tend         with-uie   under     it.         But     after-tbat     I     seized     (him,  he) 

80]    cui  vulnera         non  dederant  vires 

to-whom  (his)       wounds     'had     not         'given     strength  (while) 

gtanti,  fugit  tardatus    nullo  vulnere.    Hector 

standing  [to  stand],  he  flies       retarded  by     no         wound.  Hector 

adest,  que  ducit        deos           secum          in 

is-present  [comes  on],    and      leads     the    gods    along-with-himself  into 

proelia :  que  qua        ruit,     non  tu  tantum  terreris, 

the     fights :       and  where  he  rushes-on,    not   thou       only         art-afraid, 

Ulixe ;  sed  etiam       fortes :  ille  trahit  tantum 

0  Ulysses ;    but      even     the    brave :        he      draws    [brings]     so-great 

timoris.      Ego       eminus       fudi    hunc         resupinum 

terror.  I         in-close-fight        laid        him  flat-on-his-back 

85]  ingenti   pondere  ovantem 

with  a       huge  weight      [load  of  rock]  (while)    triumphing 

successu      sanguineae   caedis.     Ego       unus 

in   the      success      of         bloody          slaughter.         I     the    only     (one) 

sustinui  hunc  poscentem  cum  quo     concurreret : 

withstood      him      demanding  (some  one)  with  whom  he         might-fight : 

que  vos,  Achivi,  vovistis  meam  sortem,  et  vestrae  preces 

and      ye,    0  Greeks,     vowed        my  lot,        and     your       prayen 

valu^re.  Si      quaeritis       fortunam  hujus  pugnae, 

prevailed.     If  you  wish-to-know  the     chance    [issue]  of    this  fight, 

9O]  non  superatus-sum  ab  illo.        Ecce      Troe's 

I-'was     not  'overcome          by  him.    (But)  Lo !  the  Trojans 

ferunt  que  ignes  (pi.)  que  ferrum     que     Jovem         in 

bring        both      fire  and      sword     as-well-as      Jove       against 

Danaas    classes  (pi.)  '•    ubi  facundus    Ulixes 

the      Grecian          fleet*  where  (is)  the    eloquent          Ulyssei 


LIBER    TERTTUS    DECIMD8.  871 

nunc  ?   Nempe    ego        protexi      meo  pectore       mille 

now?       For-indeed       I   (then)  covered  with  my         breast    a  thousand 

puppes,  spem     vestri  reditfis.     Date 

sterns          [ships],  the    hope   of    your         return.          Grant    (at  least) 

arma  pro    tot    navibus.     Qu6d     si      licet        mihi 

the  arms      for  so-many       ships.         Because     |  if  it-is-allowed  to     me 

dicere  vera   (pi),      major     honos 

to-speak  [if  I  may  so  speak],  the  truth,  a  greater         honour 

quaeritur     istis,  qu&m  mihi :  que         nostra  gloria    [95 

is-songht     fur  them,    than         me:       and  (both)      our          glory 

est  conjuncta,  atque  Ajax  armis,  non 

is          conjoined,          and         Ajaz     (is-songht   for)   the      arms,        not 

arma  petuntur     Ajaci.         Ithacus  conferat        his 

tie     arms     are-sought  for    Ajax.     'May   Ithacus      'compare  with  these 

Rhesum,  que  imbellum  Dolona,  que  Helenum 

(his)     Rhe.-us,       and      unwarlike  [feeble]      Dolon,      and  ITelenus 

Priamiden,  captum  cum         rapta   Pallade. 

the   gon-of-Priam,      captured     with   the  plundered      Pallas       [f . «.  the 

Nihil  gestum-est          luce,  nihil 

Palladium].      Nothing       was-done      by  the  light  [day],  nothing  (while) 

Diomede  remoto-est.    Si  semel  datis  ista    [ioo 

Diomedes         was-distant        If     once   [ever]  you    give   these 

arma    tarn  vilibus  meritis ;  devidite,         et  pars 

arms     to  such       mean       services;         divide  (them),  and 'may  the    part 

Diomedis  sit      major     in     illis.     Qu6    tamen    h«c 

«f    Diomedes     'be  the  greater    among  them.       Why     however    these 

Ithaco  ?  qui   clam,    qui  semper    gerit        rem 

(arms)    for  Ithacus?     who    secretly,    who       ever       transacts  an  affair 

inermis  ;  et  decipit      incautum  hostem    furtis  ?       Ipse 

unarmed;     and  deceives  the     unwary         enemy  by  stealths?   The  very 

nitor  gelese,  radiantis  ab  claro  auro,  prodet    [106 

splendour  of  the  helmet,     radiating  from  bright   gold,  will-betray 

insidis       que  rnanifestabit  latentem. 

(his)  crafty-devices     and       will-disclose      (him  while)  lying-concealed. 

Bed    neque         Dulichius    vertex  sub 

But         neither  'will      Dulchian  crown    [i. «.  Ulysses'  bead]  under 

caeside      Achillis     feret     tanta     pondera :       nee 

At       helmet     of    Achilles          'bear    such-great        weights  t     'nor-»ls« 


872  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

Pelias  hasta  posset  esse  non    onerosa    que  gravis 

the     Pelian       spear         can         be       'but    burdensome      and        heavy 

imbellibus  lacertis:  nee  clypeus,  caelatua 

to  (such)     unwarlike  arms:          nor  'will  the    shield,         embossed 

110]  imagine         vasti  mundi,  conveniet  sinistrse 

with  the   image    of  the  immense   world,        'beseem     a  left 

timidae  que  natae  ad  furta.      Improbe,       quid 

(hand)  (so)  cowardly    and      born     to   stealths.     0     wicked     (one),  why 

petis  munus       debilitaturum  te?  quod,  si     error 

dost-thou-beg  a      gift  (that)    would-weaken    thee  ?   which,  if  the    error 

Achivi  populi  donaverit      tibi,         erit  cur 

of  tho  Grecian   people   should-bestow  on  thee,  there  will-be  a-cause-why 

spolieris,       non  cur  metuaris    ab      hoste. 

thou  mayst-be-despoiled,  not    why  thou  mayst-be-feared  by  the  enemy. 

115]    Et   fuga,      qu£  sola",        timidissime  vincis 

And    flight,    in  which  alone, 'thou  most-cowardly  (one) 'dost-excel 

cunctos,          futura-est  tarda     tibi,  trahenti        tanta 

mil  (men),      would-be         slow    to  thee,      dragging      such-great 

gestamina.      Adde,   quM  iste  tuus  clypeus,          tarn 

accoutrements.         Add,          that       this      thy          shield,      (that)        so 

rard  prcelia  passus,  est          integer :    novus  successor 

rarely      battles       tried,        is  (quite)      entire :      a     new          successor 

habendus-est    nostro,  qui    patet  mille  plagis 

must-be-had          to      ours,     which  lies-open  through  a  thousand  strokes 

ferendo  tela.         Denique  quid  opus      est 

by     bearing     [resisting]    missiles.  In-fine       what    need   is-there 

120]         verbis  ?      spectemur         agendo :  arm* 

for      words?     may-we-be-tried  in  acting:    'may  the     arms 

viri         mittantur  in      medios  hostes  (pi.) : 

of  the  man  [hero]  'be-thrown  into  the     midst    (of  the)  enemy: 

jubete  peti  inde,    et    ornate 

order         (them)      to-be-fetched         thence,    and       adorn      the  (one) 

referentem  relatis." 

'bringing         (them)  'back  with  the  recovered  (armi)." 


LIBER    TERTIUS    DECIMU8.  878 


SPEECH     OF     ULYSSES. 

SATUS  Telamone          finierat;  que 

|  THE  BEBOTTKN  by  [The  son  of  ]     Telamon    [Ajax]  bad-ended;    and 

murmur  vulgi    secutum-erat         ultima : 

a  murmuring  of  the  crowd          bad-followed      (his)        last        (words): 

donee      Laertius  heros  adstitit,    atque   sustulit 

antil      the  Laertian         hero    [Ulysses]    stood-np,     and-then    raised -up 

oculos,     movatos       paulum  tellure,    [125 

!*-     eyes,     having-been-fixed     a-little    (while)  on  the  ground, 

ad        proceres,  que  resolvit         ora  (pi.)      expectato 

to     the         chiefs,         and       opened    (bis)  mouth  in          expected 

sono:    neque       gratia   abest  facundis    dictis. 

sound :          nor      'is      grace     'wanting    |  to  (his)    eloquent  words 

"  Si  mea  vota,    Pelasgi,       cum      vestris 

[to  his  eloquence].    "  If    my      vows,  0    Greeks,     togetber-with       yours 

valuissent,          heres      tanti  certaminis 

bad-prevailed,     the  heir       of  so-great     a  subject-of-contest  [i.  e.  prize] 

non   foret   ambiguus :    que   tu,     Achille,     [130 

would      not          'be          doubtful :         and     thou,  0  Achilles, 

tuis  armis,          nos  potircmur    te.     Quern 

I  wuuldst  enjoy)  thy       arms,    (and)     we     would-enjoy     tbee.        Whom 

quoniam        fata  non  jequa  negarunt       mihi 

since  the    fates     |  not    equal      [unequal]     have-denied     to      me 

que     vobis,  (que      simul  tersit         lumina  veluti 

and    to     you,       (and    'he  quick     wiped    (his)     lights  [eyes],  just-as-if 

lacrimantia  manu,)  quis  melius  succedat 

(he  were)        crying,        with  (his)    hand,)      who      better    can-succeed 

magno  Achilli,   quam         per     quern         magnus 

the        great        Achilles,         than    (he)  through    whom     the    great 

Achilles  successit  Dana'is  ?     Modo  ne 

Achilles         marched-on    with  the      Greeks?  Only     may-'it      not 

prosit  huic,  quod      videtur  esse  hebes,  ut  [135 

'avail        him,      that    he      seems      to-be    stupid,     as     (surely) 

est:  neve     noceat     mihi,  quod       ingenium  semper 

he    is :       nor      tnay-it-hurt       me,        that  (my)       genius  alway 

profuit  vobis,     Achivi :  que         haec  mea  facundia,    a; 

availed         you,      0     Greeks:       and  'may    this     mine    eloquence,     |  ii 


374  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

est  qua,  quae  nunc  loquitur  pro 

there    is  [if  I  have]  any,     which     now          speaks     [pleads]    for   (it§, 

domino,          ssepe     locuta-est     pro     vobis,         careat 

master,       (and)     often         has-spoken          for          you,         'stand-aloof 

invidia  :  que         nee  quis          recuset  eua 

from        envy:       and   'may   not      any  (one)     reject    [disown]  his-own 

bona.  Nam      vix       voco  genus,  et  proavos,  et 

gifts     [talents].        For    'I  scarcely      'call     descent,  and    ancestors,  and 

140]     ea  quse          ipsi         non  fecimus,  nostra. 

those  (things)  which 'we  ourselves 'have  not       'done,  ours. 

Sed  enim,   quia  Ajax  retulit  esse          pronepos 

But   forsooth,  because    Ajax     asserted  (that  he)  was  the  great-grandson 

Jovis,  Jupiter  est      anctor  quoque    nostri  sanguinis, 

of  Jove,        Jupiter      is   the   founder        also      of      our  blood, 

que  distamus     totidem   gradus  ab  illo.     Nam  Laertes 

and  we-are-distant  just-so-many      steps    from  him.         For          Laertes 

est  pater    mini,  Arcesius   illi,  Jupiter   huic:  neque 

is       father   to  me,         Arcesias   to  him,     Jupiter  to  this :       nor     (was) 

145]     quisquam     in     his  damnatus  et      exsul.    Cylle- 

any-ono     among  them    condemned  and  an   exile.  Cylle- 

nius  qudque,  altera  nobilitas,  est  addita     nobis 

nius    [Mercury]         too,       another      celebrity,       is      added    |  to        us 

per  matrem.       Deus  est  in  utroque 

[to  our  race]    through  (my)     mother.        A      god        is      in  each 

parente.       Sed  neque   peto          proposita   arma, 

parent.  But        'I      neither     'claim     |  the     proposed  arms 

quod      sum   generosior      materno 

[the  arms  in  question],    because    I    am         more-noble     by      maternal 

ortu,  nee    quod  est     mini  pater    insens 

origin,   nor      because    |  there     is    to     me     [I  have]  a  father      guiltiest 

fraterni  sanguinis :  expendite        caussam     meritis  ; 

of   fraternal  blood:  weigh       the         cause      by       merits; 

150]     dummodo  non  sit   meritum    Ajacis,  quod 

provided-that  it-'may   not    'be  a  merit          of     Ajax,          that 

Telamon  que  Peleus  fuerunt  fratres :    nee          ordo 

Telamon          and      Peleui          were         brothers :       nor     'may    |  rank 

ganguinis,  sed        honor  virtutis 

•f         blood     fconMngninity],     but    the   honour   [reward]    of  virtus 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMU8.  87A 

Sfuaeratur    in    istis    spoliis.     Aut   si    proximitas,    que 

he-regarded     in     these        spoils.  Or      if         proximity,          and 

primus  heres  requiritur,  Peleus  est       genitor, 

the  first          [next]       heir        be-sought,        Peleus      is     the  sire, 

Pyrrhus  est     filius    illi.   Quis  locus  [155 

(and)  Pyrrhus      is    the  son     to  him.    What  place  (is  there  then) 

Ajaci  ?          haec  ferantur     Phthiam 

to    Ajax?       'may  these  (arms  of  Achilles)    'be-conveyed-to         Phthiaa 

ve   Scyron.      Nee   est   Teucer  minus          isto 

or         Seyrog.  Nor       is         Teucer         less        than     he         [Ajax] 

patruelis     Achilli.      Non    ille    tamen    petit,  nee,  si 

related          to   Achilles.      Not-even      he       however      claims,     nor,     if 

petat,        anferat  arma.       Ergo    quoniam 

he   claim,         can-he-bear-away         the  arma.         Therefore  sine* 

nudum  certamen  habetur     operum; 

the  pare  [only]         dispute      'is    (about)  'performing  of  actions ; 

quidem  feci  plura  quam  quae     sit      in 

I-'hare     indeed     done    [achieved]     more        than      what   |  may-be   in 

promtu     mihi  comprendere     dictis:     [ieo 

readiness   to  me       [I  can  readily]       to-comprise       in    words: 

tamen        ducar  ordine     rerum.          Nere'ia 

yet  I  shall-bc-lcd       by    the  order       of     events.        The  Nereian 

genitrix,  praescia          venturi     leti, 

mother          [Thetis],     prescient     of  the  •oming       death    (of  Achilles), 

dissimulat       natuin  cultu : 

(ii.-guiseB         (her)     son     with  a  splendid-dress  [t.  t.  a  woman's  apparel] 

fallacia  sumtae  vestis  deceperat   omnes,       in 

the    fallacy       of  the  assumed     attire      bad-deceived         all,        among 

quibus         Ajacem.    Ego  inserui        femineis  mercibua 

wi.'in      (also)       Ajax.  I        mixed    with     woman's  wares 

arma         motura         virilem  animum.    Neque    [165 

the  arms  (that)  nould-move  (his)  manly          soul.  Nor 

heros  adhuc  projecerat       virgineos  habitus  (pi), 

had  the  hero       as-yet      'thrown-off  khis)         virgin-         dress, 

quiim     dixi  tenenti  parmam    que 

*hen       I  said    (to  him)  holding     [a«  be  held]     the  shield  mnd 

hastam,   Nato         de£,  Pergama  (pi.)  poritura 

«pear,          0  born  by  a  g«ldess,         Troy  |  being-about-to-peri»h 


876  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

reservant      se        tibi.  Quid 

|  reserve      themselves  to  thee  [reserves  itself  to  fall  by  thee].       Why 

dubitat         evertere       ingentem  Trojam?    Que 

(then)  dost-thou-hesitate  to-overthrow  the  mighty  Troy?  And 

injeci  manum,  que      misi         fortem  ad  fortia. 

i    'laid        hand       'on  (him),  and    sent-forth  the  brave         to        brav« 

170]  Ergo         opera    illius  sunt  mea. 

(deeds).     Therefore    |  the  deeds  of  him    [his  feats]      are     mine. 

.Ego       domni       Telephon    pugnantem  basta: 

i  vanquished          Telephus  fighting  with  the  spear : 

refeci,  victum,  que  orantem.  Est  meum 

I  recovered  (him),  vanquished,  and    begging  (for  life).     It     is          mine 

quod    Thebae    cecid£re.       Credite    me,  me 

that  Thebes  did-fall.  Believe-ye       me    (too),    (that)       I 

cepisse  Lesbon,  Tenedon,  que  Chrysen,  et  Cillan,  urbea 

took  Lesbos,         Tenedos,     both       Chryse,     and      Cilia,        towns 

175]       Apollinis,  et  Syron:  putate  Lyrnesia 

of    Apollo,         and    Syros :   think-ye    (too  that)    the  Lyrnesian 

moenia  concussa    mea  dextra         procubuisse          solo. 

walls  shaken     by  my       right   (hand)       lie-along        the  ground. 

Qui  ut         taceam  alios :  nempe    dedi, 

And  so-as  not-to-say-anything  (about)  other     (things) :     truly     I    gare, 

qui   posset   perdere        ssevum  Hectora:          inclytus 

who       could          destroy     the       cruel          Hector:  the  illustrious 

Hector    jacet       per  me.     Peto  baec  arma,  illis  anna, 

Hector      lies-conquered  by      me.     I    ask     these    arms,     those       arms, 

quibus  Achilles  inventus-est :    dideram 

by    which        Achilles       was-found-out :    I  had-given    [gave]   (them  to 

180]  vivo,   reposco  post  fata. 

him)  living,  I  'demand  (them)  'back  after  (his  |  ill)  fates  [death], 

Ut  dolor    unius  pervenit  ad  omnes 

So-soon-as  the  grief    of     one      [Meuelaus]      reached      to        all    (our) 

Danaos,  que   mille    carinae       complerunt      Euboicam 

Greeks,         also  a  thousand     keels  [ships]         filled          the  Euboic 

Aulida ;    flamina    diu    expectata,     sunt     nulla,     aut 

Aulis;  winds         lung        expected,       there-are      none,     or-elee 

contraria         classe :  que  durae  sortes  jubent 

tontrary        to  th«  fleet :         and     |  hard       lot«      [fell  oracles]  bid 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMU8.  87T 

Agamemnona  mactare       immeritam    natam          savae 

Agamemnon  to-sacrifice  (his)      guiltless        daughter  to  the  raging 

Dianae.  Genitor  denegat  hoc,  que  irascitur    [195 

Diana.  The  sire  denies         this,     and     is-enraged 

divis      ipsis :      atque        pater  est   tamen  in 

•gainst  the  gods      themselves :        and      the  father        is  still        in 

rege.      Ego  verbis    verti        mite    ingenium 

the    king.  I     by  (my)   words     turned     the  gentle         disposition 

parentis    ad       publica   commoda  (pi)-        Nunc 

of  the  parent  for  the  public  advantage       [good].  Now 

equidem     fateor,    que          Atrides     ignoscat 

truly  I    confes?,       and    'may     Atrides  'pardon       (me  for) 

fasso ;  tenui     difficilem    caussam   sub 

having-confessed :     I  gained  a  hard  cause        under   [before] 

iniquo  judice.       Tamen         utilitas         populi,   [190 

in  unfair       judge.        Nevertheless  the  advantage  of  the  people, 

que        frater,  que       summa  dati  sceptri 

and    (his)  brother  [Menelaus],  and  the  chief          |  of  the  given     sceptre 

movet          hunc;    ut        penset 

[command  conferred  on  him]     moves   [move]    him  ;    so-that  he  balance! 

laudem  cum  sanguine.           Et    mittor   ad       matrein, 

praise          with          blood.         I-'am  also        'sent        to     the  mother, 

quae      non   hortanda-fuit,    sed  decipienda  astu. 

who   'was  not  'to-be-strongly-urged,  but    to-be-beguiled   by    adroitness. 

Quo  si  Telamonius  isset, 

Whither  [{.   e.  to   whom]     if         the  son-of-Telamon  [Ajax]   bad-gone, 

lintea  essent  etiamnum    orba    suis  ventis.    [195 

linen-cloths  [sails]  would-be     till-now    deprived-of  their      winds. 

Et    mittor     audax    orator   ad       Iliacas    arces : 

I-'am  also         sent      a  dauntless     orator        to    the  Trojan  towers: 

curia  altae   Trojse  que   visa-est   et 

the  council-house     of    lofty        Troy     |  bas-'been  both         'seen       and 

intrata     mihi :  que  ilia  erat  adhuc 

entered     to     mo      [I  both  saw  and  entered] :    and  that     was    hitherto 

plena  viris.       Interritus     egi        caussam, 

full         of  (honourable)    men.       'I    undaunted      'plead  the  oauie, 

quam    communis  Graecia    mandarat     mihi ;    que 

which  all         [entire}      Greece          committed    to     me ;  and 


378  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

200]       accuser  Parin :     reposco     que       praedam  que 

I      accuse       Paris :    I  demand-back    both   the  plunder          and 

Helenam :  et  move  Priamum,  que  Antenora     junctum 

Helen :  and  I  move         Priam,         and        Antenor  (too)        joined 

Priam  o.     At  Paris,  et        fratres,  et  qui    sub 

with     Priam.          But    Paris,    and  (his)  brothers,  and  (those)  who  under 

illo  rapu^re,  vix  tenu&re       nefandus 

him  had-forcibly-carried-away  (Helen),  scarce      held     (their)          wicked 

manus,         scis     hoc,     Menelae,  que  ilia  fuit      prima 

hands,       thou  knowest  this,    0    Menelaus,     and    that    was  the  first 

lux  nostri  pericli  tecum.          Mora   est 

light  [day]  of     our         danger  with-thee.     The  delay         is    [would  be] 

longa     referre     quae      feci     utiliter  que  consilio 

long       to-enumerate    what  I  performed  usefully    both  by  (my)    counsel 

205]    que        manu  tempore          spatiosi 

and  (my)    hand  [valour]  during  the  time  of  the  prolonged 

belli.    Post      primas    acies,         hostes  (pi.)  continuere 

war.         After  the  first         encounters,  the  enemy  kept 

se  diu  moenibus  urbis;  nee 

themselves   a-long- while   within    the   walls  of  the  city;  nor 

fuit         ulla       copia          aperti   martis :      pugnamus 

was-there     any      opportunity     of     open          fight :      we  fought 

demum  decimo     anno.      Quid     facis       interea, 

at-length     in  the  tenth  year.          What     dost-thou     meanwhile, 

210]  n6sti     nil    nisi  proelia  ?    Quis         erat 

'thou  (who) 'learnedst  nothing  but    battles?        What  (then)  was 

tuus     usus  ?         Nam  si  requiris  mea 

thy      usefulness?          For    [namely]  if  [shouldst]  thou  inquire-into    my 

facta;       insidior  hostibus  (pi.) :    cingo        fosses 

deeds  ;    I  lie-in-ambush  for  the  enemy :  |  I  surround  the  trenches 

munimine :  consolor         socios,    ut 

by  a  fortification  [I  fortify  the  trenches]  :  I      cheer      (our)     allies,     that 

ferant         tsedia       longi  belli      placida  mento :  doceo, 

they-bear  the  fatigues  of  a  long    war  with     calm         mind :     I  show, 

quo   modo         alendi-simus     que  armandi: 

In  what  manner  w-?  must-be-supported      and  (how)  we  must-be-armed: 

215]       mittor,  quo  usus  postulat.    Ecce      rex,  deceptus 

I  am-sent,  where  need      requires.         Lo !    the  king.       deprived 


LIBER    TERTIUS    DECIMU8.  879 

imagine     somni,  rnonitu     Jovis, 

by  an  image        of    sleep     [by  a  dream],  by  the  advice       of      Jove, 

jubet       dimittere  curam          belli  incepti.    Ille  potest 

f-iMurs    (us)  to-lay-aside     care      of  the  war        begun.          He     |  ia-able 

de fender e  suam  caussam          auctore. 

to-defend       [he  could  defend]      his          cause     by  the  author      (of  it). 

Ajax         non  sinat  hoc,  que     poscat  Pergama 

Ajax     'may    not     'permit      it,        and    may-demand    (that)  Troy 

delenda:      que     pugnet,  quod     potest. 

fhall-be-razed  :   and  he  may-fight,  (the  only  thing)  that   he      can     (do). 

Cur  non  remoratur  ituros  ?    [220 

Why  does-'he  not      'keep-back  (those  who)  would-march-away? 

cur  non    cupit   arma?    que    dat,  quod 

why    does-'he  not     'take-up     arms?         and     give       (counsel),       what 

vaga      turba     sequatur  ?     Hoc  erat  non  nimium, 

the  wandering  multitude    may -pursue  ?        This     was     not      too-much 

nunquam  loquenti  nisi  magna.  Quid, 

(for  him),      never          speaking      but      great  (things).     What  (is  this), 

quod      et   ipse        fugit?      Vidi,  que   puduit    videre, 

that     'he  also  himself  'took-to-flight  ?  I  saw,     and  was-ashamcd      to-see, 

quum  tu        dares  terga  (pi.),  que    parares    in- 

when      thou      didst-give     (thy)    back,  and  didst-prepare  dis 

honesta  vela.     Nee  mora :     dixi :  '  Quid    [225 

honourable  sails.         Nor    (is  there)    delay  :    I   said  :         '  What 

facitis  ?  quae  dementia  concitat  vos,  6   socii,   dimittere 

do-you?       what      madness          moves       you,    0  comrades,          to-quit 

captam  Trojam  ?  ve  quid     fertis     domum          decimo 

captured         Troy  ?         or     what  do-you-carry     home     in  the  tenth 

anno,  nisi  dedecus?'  Talibus  que  aliis,  in 

year,        but         shame?'         With        such        and      other  (words),    in 

quae  dolor  ipse  fecerat      disertum,      reduxi         aversos 

whiuh  grief  itself  bad-made  (me)  eloquent,    I  brought-back  the  averse   ' 

de      profuga  classe.          Atrides 

(Greeks)  from  the  fleeing  fleet.       The  son-of-Atreus  [Agamemnon] 

convocat  socios    paventes       terrore :  nee    [230 

calls-together  (hii)  associate*      trembling  with     terror:         nor 

Telamoniades  etiam    nunc    audet    hiscere 

ib«  offspring  «f-Ttiam>n  [Ajax]         till  now          dare«  mutter 


880  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

quidquam :      et      Thersites,  hand  impune  etiam  per 

Anything:         and-so-too     Thersites,          not    unpunished   as-yet        by 

me,  ausus-erat  (pass.}  incessere       reges        protervia 

me,        bad-dared  to-attack     the  kings      with     scurrilous 

dictis.       Erigor,  et    exhortor 

words.      I  am-raised-up  (before  a  public  assembly),  and  I  exhort        (my) 

trepidos       cives          in         hostes  ( pi.) :  que    reposco 

trembling    fellow-citizens    against  the  foe :  and  I  reclaim 

235]  amissam    virtutem      mea  voce.     Ab     hoc 

(their)          lost  courage     by     my      voice.      From       that 

tempore,  quodcunque  iste  potest  videri    fecisse  fortiter, 

time,  whatever        he       may        seem  to-have-acted     bravely, 

est  meum,  qui  [quern]  retraxi  dantem      terga  (pi.)- 

is        mine,     whom  I  drew-from  |  giving  (his)  back       [flight]. 

Denique  quis  de       Danais     ve     laudat  ve    petit   te  ? 

In-fine  who    of  the  Greeks         either     praises      or     sues-to  tbee? 

At         Tydides  communicat  sua  acta  mecum : 

But  the  son-of-Tydeus  [Diomedes]         |  shares         his     acts         with-me 

probat  me :  et  semper 

[i.  e.  takes  me  as  a  partner  in  his  acts]  :  he  approves   me :    and      always 

240]    confidit      Ulixe         socio.         Est  aliquid 

confides     in  Ulysses  (his)  companion.    It  is     something  (that  I) 

unum  legi  a    Diomede     de      tot      millibus 

alone         was-singled-out     by       Diomedes       from   so-many     thousands 

Graiorum.     Nee  sors  jubebat  me  ire  :  et  tamen 

of  Greeks.  Nor  'did  the  lot         'order       me  to-go:  and          yet 

sic  spreto  periculo     que  noctis     que 

thus       having-despised      the  danger  both  of  the  night  and 

hostis,     interimo    Dolona    de    Phrygia1    gente, 

of  the  enemy,     I        slay  Dolon         of        Phrygian  race, 

ausum  eadem  quae  nos :  non     tamen 

having-dared  the  same     (attempt)  which     we  (dared) :    not       however 

245]    ante"  quam    coc'gi          prodere  cuncta,  et 

before      that     I  forced  (him)  to-discover      all       (things),    and 

edidici,  quid   perfida   Troja  pararet.  Cogn6ram 

learned,       what  treacherous     Troy    might-design,     I  had-inquired-into 

omnia,       nee  habebam    quid  specularer : 

»11     fthings),  nor     did-T-b%»-    snythin^  (further  that)  I  might-spy-out 


LIBEH    TERTIUS    DECIMUS.  881 

et     poteram  jam  reverti  cum       prt'inissfi,  laude:  ksud 

and  I  wus-able     now    to-return  with  (my)    promised      praise:  no! 

contentus        eo,     petii      tentoria    Rhesi,  que  peremi 

contented      with  this,  I  sought  the  tents         of  Rhesus,    and  slew 

ipsum  que         comites  in    suis    castris  (pi.)-    [250 

(him)  himself  and  (bis)  companions  in  his-own     camp. 

Atque  ita    victor  que       potibus  votis     ingredior 

And         thus  a  victor      and  baring-obtained  (my)  vowa    I  entered 

captivo  curru  imitante  laetos  triumphos. 

the  captive     chariot  imitating  [in  the  manner  of]  joyful  triumphs. 

Negate     mihi      arma  cujus    equo8 

Do-'you  (then)     deny      to     me    the   arms  (of  a  man)  whose        steeds 

hostis       poposcerat  pretium    pro     nocte  : 

the  enemy      had-desired-to-get    (as)    the   price  |  for    a  night 

que  Ajax       fuerit        benignior. 

[i.e.  for  one  night's  service]:  and     Ajax  |  may  -have-been  more-generous 

Quid   referam 

[t.  e.  be  deemed  more  generous  in  bis  services  than  I].  Why  need-I-relate 

agmina    Sarpedonis      Lycii  devastata     meo  ferro  ? 

the  troops       of      Sarpedon     the  Lycian     devastated    by     my     sword7 

Fudi  cum  multo  sanguine  Co3ranon    [255 

I  laid-prostrate  [slew]    with       much  blood  Cocranos 

Hippasiden,       et       Alastora,  que  Chromium,  que 

the  son-of-Iphitus,      as-well-as        Alastor,       and          Chromius,       and 

Alcandrum,  que  Halium,  que  Noemona,  que  Prytamin, 

Alcander,  and       Halius,      and        Noe'mon,      and  Prytanis, 

que  dedi        exitio  Thobna     cum      Chersidamante,  et 

and   I  gave  to  destruction     Thob'n  together-with        Chersidumas,      and 

Charopen,  que  Ennomon  actum  immitibus    [260 

'.  ,  and      Ennomos      impelled  by  (his)     relentless 


fatis  ;  que          qui         minus  celebres  procubuere  sub 

fates  ;       and  (others)  who  (are)     less       renowned  fell 

moenibus          urbis     nostrS.  manu.    Sunt  et    mihi, 

the  walls  of  the  city      by      our         hand.    There-are  also  to  me 

cives,     vulnera  pulchra  loco  ipso  : 

TI  too  hare],  0  countrymen,    wounds  honourable  by  (their)  place     iUelf 

nec  credite      vanis  verbis.     En    adspicite," 

[».«.  in  front]  :  'and    beli»v«  'not  ninpty     wurda.       Her*.  «««I* 


882  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

que     deducit         vestem  manu,    et   ait,  "  haet. 

and  he  pulls-down  (his)     vest      with  (his)     hand,      and   says,     "these 

265]    sunt  pectora  semper  exercita    vestris  rebus.    At 

are         breasts         ever        employed  in     your      affairs.       But 

Telamonius  impendit     nihil  sanguinis  in 

the  son-of-Telamon  [Ajax]     expended    |  nothing  of  [no]  blood  for 

socios    per      tot     annos :  et  habet    corpus     sine 

(his)      allies     during  so-many    years :     and      has     a     body      without 

vulnere.     Quid  tamen          hoc  refert,  si 

a  wound.  What   (purpose)    however  'does    this     serve,      if  (you) 

refert  se          tulisse     arm  a  pro      Pelasga" 

he  tells         (that  he)  himself     had-taken-up     arms     for    the  Pelasgian 

classe  contra  que  Jovem  que      Troas  ?  que    tulit, 

fleet          against   both      Jove     and  the  Trojans  ?    and  he  bore  (arms), 

270]        confiteor :    neque    enim    est    meuin   maligne1 

I  confess :  nor         indeed      is-it       mine         enviously 

detrectare  bene  facta :  sed  nee  solus 

to-detract-from  |  well  (done)  [brave]  deeds :     hut  may-'he   not       alone 

occupet     communia,         atque  reddat  quoque  aliquem 

'lay-claim  to     common     (feats),      but        restore          too  some 

honorem     vobis.  Actorides 

(share  of)      honour      to     you.        The  descendant-of-Actor    [Patroclus] 

tutus  sub        imagine     Achilles,  repulit       Troas  cum 

safe      under  the  appearance  of  Achilles,         repelled  the  Trojans     with 

defensore  ab         carinis  arsuris. 

(their)       defender      from   the  keels     [ships]  (just  ready)  to-he-burned. 

Putat    etiam  se     solum  ausum  concurrere 

He  imagines       too     (that  he)   himself     alone       dared  encounter 

275]          Hectoreo  marti,  oblitus 

|  in    Hectorean       battle  [Hector  in  single  combat],   unmindful 

que    regis,  que    ducum,  que  mei;       nonus 

also  of  the  king,      and  of  the  chiefs,       and  of  me;  (he  was)  the  ninth 

in          officio,    et   praelatus     munere         sortis.     Sed 

in    (that)     duty,       and      preferred   by    favour    of  the  lot.  But 

tamen,     fortissime,           quis    fuit       eventus     vestrae 

yet,  0  bravest         (chief),    what       was  the  issue  of        your 

Dugnae?       Hector     abit     violatus       nullo     vulnere. 

oranbat?  Hector       goes-off         injured     by       no  wound. 


LIBER   TERTIUS   DECIMUS.  883 

Miserum  me,        quanto  dolore  cogor    [280 

Ah  .       wretched      me,  with  bow-much    grief     am-I-constrained 

merniniisse  illius  temporis,     quo  Achilles 

to-have-recollecte<l  [to  recollect]    that          time,         in  which       Achille* 

murus  Graium  procubuit  !   nee    lacrimae  qua 

the  bulwark     of  the  Greeks  fell!         not-even       tear*         and 

luctus  que  timor  tardarunt  me,  quin  referrem 

grief         and      fear          stayed          me,     'that     I-*may  'not  "bear-back 

corpus  sublime  humo       his   humeris.      His, 

his  body  uplifted  from  the  ground  on  these   shoulders.     On  these, 

inquam,  humeris,  ego  tuli        corpus    Achillis, 

I  say,  (my  very)  shoulders,      I    hore-off  the  body        of    Aohillw, 

et        simul  arma,    quae    nunc     quoque  laboro 

and  at-the-same-timc  (his)  arms,      which       now    'I      also  'strive 

ferre.       Sunt        mihi  vires,  qua    [286 

to-win.      |  There-are  to  me       powers  [I  have  the  nerves],  which 

valeant       in    talia  pondera  :  est  animus 

may-suffice      for       such        burdens  :       there     is     [I  have]  a  soul 

cert£  sensurus         ?estros    honores.     Scilicet 

certainly  (that)  would-be-sensible-of       your  honours.  Forsooth 

caerula  mater  fuit  idcirco      ambitiosa 

the  cerulean  mother    [Thetis]     was  (then)  on-tbat-account       ambitions 

pro  suo  gnato,  ut  miles  rudis  et    sine  peotore 

fur       her       son,      that  'he  a  (mere)  soldier  stupid  and  without        breast 

indueret          coelestia    dona,       opus      tant« 

[genius],  'should-put-on  the  celestial  gift,     the  work   of  so-mnch 

artis?      Enim  neque    norit         coslamina    [290 

art?  Certainly   he-'has     not         'known     the  engravings 

clvpei,  Oceanum,  et       terras  (pi),  que 

of  the  shield,         Oceanus,     [the  ocean],   and  the  earth,  and 

sidera    cum       alto     ccslo,     que       Ple'iadas,    que 

the  jtar."  with    the  high      heaven,       and    the  Pleiades,  and 

Hyades,  que       Arcton  immunem 

the   Hyu'lf.-,          and  the  Bear  free-fn.rn        [i.  e.  not  setting  in] 

sequoris,  que  diversas  urbes,  que       nitidum  ensem 

the  sea,  and       differing       '-iti'-.-,     «nd  the  glittering 


Orionis        Postulat,  ut     capiat  arma,  quse  non 

of  Orion.          Hu  insists,        that  he  may-take  arms,    which  Le-  'does   not 

tf 


384  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

295]    intelligit.     Quid?  quod      arguit 

'understand.        What     (shall  I  say  of  this)  ?     that     he  'accuses 

me      fugientem        munera        duri     belli,          serum 

me    'of      shunning      the  services       of  toilsome      war,     (and)          late 

accessisse  incepto     labori,  nee     sentit 

to-have  joined     the  initiate  toil,      'and  does-Tie    'not    "perceive 

se  maledicere      magnanimo  Achilli  ? 

(that  he)   himself  (in  this)        defames       the  great-souled          Achilles? 

Si        vocas        crimen      simula'sse,         ambo   simula- 

If  thou  callest  (it)  a  crime         to-have-dissembled,  'we  both  'have- 

vimus :     si  mora  est  pro     culpa ;  ego  sum 

dissembled:  if    delay     is    [stand]      f'ni-  a    fault;  I        am     [was] 

300]    maturior         illo.  Pia   conjux    detinuit 

earlier          (than)  he  [Achilles].     A  fund        wife  detained 

me :      pia    mater    Achillen :     que       prima    tempora 

me:       a  fond     mother        Achilles:  and  the  first  times 

data-sunt      illis,       caetera     vobis.  Haud    timco, 

were-given     to   them,  the  rest          to      you.         I-'do     not  'fear, 

si  nequeam  jam  defendere         crimen  commune 

although  I  cannot  now         ward-off     (that)     crime  common 

cum         tanto     viro.       Ille  tamen 

(to  me)  with  (him)  so-great  a  man.  He     [Achilles]    (was)   however 

deprensus         ingenio     Ulixis ;  at    non  Ulixes 

found-out-by     the  sagacity     of  Ulysses;    but       not      Ulysses     (by  the 

305]  Ajacis.  Neve  admiremur 

sagacity)  of  Ajax.          'And  (that)  we-amay  'not          *wonder-at 

eum  fundere   in   me       convicia  stolidae   linguae: 

him     pouring-out  ou      me  the  raillery       of  (his)      silly  tongue : 

objicit     vobis  quoque  digna   pudore.  An 

he  objects    to       us         also       (things)  worthy-of     shame.        Or-indeed 

turpe      mihi     accusasse      Palamedem          falso 

(is  it)     base    for     me      to-have-charged         Palamedes       with   a  false 

crimine,         decorum     vobis   damnasse  ?  Sod 

crime,         (and)  honourable  for  you     to-have-condemned  (him)?       But 

neque  Naupliades  valuit   defendere 

neither    'was  {he  son-of-Nauplius     [Palamedes]      'able  to-defend 

310]    facinus    tantum    que   tarn   patens ;    nee         vos 

villany          so-gre.-it       and         so        evident;       nor     'did    yo» 


LIBER   TEHTIUS    DECIMU*.  385 

crimina  in  illo :  vidis- 

•hear        (only)  the  crimes         in    him  [t. e.  in  his  case]:  (bat)  7*0  have- 

tis ;  quc  objccta    patebant  pretio. 

seen  (them);  and  (the  crimes)     charged     were-exposed  by  the  price 

Ncc        merui        ease         reus,     qudd      Vul- 

[bribe].     Neither  have-I-deserved  to-be  the  defendant,  because  the  Vul- 

cania  Lemnos  habet       Poeantiaden  : 

canian      Lemnos       holds    the  son-ol- Pecan          [Philoctetes] :     (Greeks) 

defendite         factum     vestrum,  (enim       con- 

defend  |  the  act  of  you       [your  own  act],      (for     you  con- 

sensistis,)   nee     negabo  me   suasisse ;    ut    [315 

eented,)  nor     shull-I-deny    (that)     I       bad-advised;  that 

subtraheret        se  labori    que       belli  que 

he  should-'withdraw  himself    'from    the  toil  and  the  war        and 

viae,  que  tentaret     lenire        feros  dolores 

the  way     [voyage],      and          try          to-assuage  (his)  cruel  paini 

requie.       Paruit ;  et      vivit.     Haec  sententia 

by  rest.  He  obeyed;    and  he  lives.          This        opinion     [advice] 

est         non  tantum     fida,    sed     et       felix ;        quum 

is     [was]    not        only          sincere,     but      also      fortunate;      although 

sit      satis  esse  fidelcm.      Quern 

|  it  may-be   enough     [it  suffices]  (that)  it  was        sincere.  Whom 

quoniam    vates  poscunt    ad          Pergama  (^>Z.)    [32O 

since     (our)  prophets      invoke   in-order  (that)  Pergamus 

delenda,         ne  mandate     mihi ; 

[Troy]  shall-be-razed,  'do  not      'charge      |  to  me  [t.  e.  me  to  bring  him] ; 

Telamonius      ibit      melius,    que    molliet 

The    son-of-Telamon      will-go  more-justly,     and          soften       by   (hii) 

eloquio       virum  furentem       morbis  que       ir&,       aut 

eloquence  the  hero  raging      with  maladies   and    resentment,        or 

callidus,      producet  aliqu&  arte. 

taught-by-experience,  will-'draw  (him)  'thence  by  some  art    [wile]. 

AntS  Simois  fluet    retro,    et  Ide  stabit     sine 

Soontr  'shall  the  Simois       'flow    backward,  and    Ida      stand     without 

frondibus,  et  Acha'ia  promittet  auxiliura      Trojae, 

(its)         leaves,        and     Greece          promise        aiiistance    to   Troy, 

quam,  meo  pectore  cessante  pro    [825 

than,         my       brtast        ceasing    (to  exert  iUelf)  in-b»b*lf-of 


886  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

reetris     rebus,         sollertia      stolidi     Ajacis      prosit 

your  interests,    the  skill  of  stupid  Ajax      can-benefit 

Dana'is.     Lice~t,         dure  Philoctete,      sis     infestus 

the  Greeks.         Although  'thou,  dire       Philoctetes,     'mayst-be    incensed 

sociis,  que     regi,  que  mihi ;    licet       exsecrere, 

against  the  allies,     and  the  king,   and     me;     although  thou  shalt-curse, 

que  devoveas  meum  caput     sine     fine,  que 

and    mayst-dcvote     my        head      |  without     end     [incessantly],     and 

330]    cupias  me     forte"        dari      tibi       dolenti, 

desire       (that)      I     by-chanoe  might-meet  thee    suffering-pain 

que  haurire  nostrum      cruorem ;  [que  ut 

[in  thy  anguish],   and     to-draw  our     [my]       blood;         [and      as 

copia      tui     fiat       mihi,  sic  nostri 

the  power  of  thee  may-be  to  me,         so  (may  the  power)  of  us  (be) 

tibi  :1     tamen     aggrediar    te,    que    nitar     reducere 

to  thee:]  nevertheless  I  will-approach  thee,    and  endeavour        to-'bring 

mecum :  que  tarn      potiar         tuis  sagittis, 

(thee)    "back     with-me :      and      so     become-master-of    thy         arrows, 

335]      Fortuna  faveat,  quam  potitus-sum        Dardanio 

if  Fortune       favour,         as       I    am-master    of  the  Trojan 

vate,     quern      cepi :      qu&m         retexi  responsa 

prophet,     whom       I  took:  as          I  discovered     the  answers 

deum  que      Trojana  fata :  quam  rapui 

of  the  gods      and  the  Trojan         fates :  (and)          as          I  carried-off 

e      mediis      hostibus  (pi-)        penetrale  signum 

from   amidst  the  foe  the  innermost      [secret]          statue 

Phrygiae  Minervse.  Et         Ajax 

of  the  Phrygian  Pallas     [t.  e.  the  Palladium].       And    'can     Ajax 

comparet     se         mihi  ?      Nempe        fata  prohibebant 

'compare        himself  to  me?          For-indeed   the  fatss  did-forbid 

Trojim    capi      sine  illo.  Ubi  est      fortis 

Troy        to-be-taken  without  that  (the  Palladium).    Where  is  the  valiant 

340]    Ajax?  ubi  sunt     ingentia         verba         magni 

Ajax?      where     are   the  big     [boastful]     words  of  the  mighty 

viri  ?     Cur     metuis     hie  ?  cur         Ulixes  audet    ire 

man?        Why  art-thou-afraid  here?  why  'does  Ulysses      'dare      to-go 

per          excubias,  et  committere     se  nocti'r  que 

through  the  guards,       and          trust          himself  ~M  the  night?       and 


LIBER   TKRTIUS    DKCIMUS.  387 

intrare   per   feros  enses,  non  tan  turn     moeuia   Troum, 

to-enter   through     fell     swords,    not        only     the  walls       of  Troy, 

verum  etiam          summas  arces,  que  eripere         deara 

but  even    (their)      highest    towers,     and    to-snatch    the  goddess 

sua      aede,  que  afferre  raptam   per 

from  her  shrine,  and  to-'convey  (her)  'off  abducted  through  (the  midtt  of) 

hostes  ( pi.}  ?       Quae   nisi  fecissera,     [345 

the  foe?  Which      'if      I-*had  'not  fperformed, 

frustr&   creatus  Telamone  gest&sset       septem  tergora 

in-vain    the  son         of  Telamon     would-have-borne  the  seven  bucks 

taurorum  laeva.  Victoria     Trojae 

[hides]  of  bulls  on  (his)  left     (arm).     The  victory      of  Troy 

parte-est        mihi  ill&  nocte :    turn 

|  was-accoinplisbed  to  me     [I  accomplished]  in  that      night:   'I  then 

vici  Per  gam  a  (pl.\  quum   coe'gi 

'conquered  the  citadels-of-Troy    [t.  e.  Troy],     when  I  forced  (them  that) 

posse          vinci.      Desine  ostentare  nobis  meum    [350 

(bey-might  be-conquered.      Cease        to-show   to  us      my  (dear) 

Tydiden     que     vultu   et   murmure.  Est      sua 

son-of-Tydeus  both  by  looks     and      muttering.          |  There   is     hit-own 

pars  laudis  in  illo.  Nee  eras   tn 

part     [He  has  his  share]  of  glory      in    that  (exploit).     Nor    wast  thou 

solus,  quum  tenebas  clypeum  pro      sociS 

alone,         when     thou    didst-hold-fast     the  shield  for     the  allied 

classe :      turba     contigit         comes       tibi,  unua 

fleet :  a  inutitude         came     (as)  companion  to  thee,  (but)  one-alone 

mihi:    qui,    nisi  sciret 

[Diomedes]      to     me:        who,       'if        he-'did    'not    'know     (that  a) 

pugnacem         esse  minorem  sapiente, 

fighting         (man)     was          less         (valuable)  than  a  wise  (one), 

nec          praemia   deberi       indomitse    dextrae, 

nor     (so;h)    rewards          due         |  to  unsubdued     right-hand     [to  bar* 

ipse  quoque     peteret     haec :  Ajax    [355 

force  untamed],  himself        too        would-sue-for    them:       Aj«x 

moderatior  peteret,  que  ferox  Eury- 

the  more-moderate    fless]    would-sue-for  (them),    and       fierce        Eury- 

pylur,  que      natus          claro  Andrcmone,  nec  minus 

Vylus,        aud  the  son        of  the  fumed  Audix-mon,         nor  I*M 


888  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

I  domeneus,  que  Meriones  creatus  eadem  patri&. 

Idomeneus,          and      Meriones        sprung  from   tne  same       fatherland 

que       f rater          majoris  Atridae     peteret 

also  the  brother  of  the  greater        [elder]       Atreus    would-put-'in  (his^ 

Quippe        fortes     manu  (nee 

'claim.        Indeed    |  the  strong    in    hand     [the  brave  in  action]      (nor 

360]    sunt  secundi  tibi  Marte,)  cess£re  meis  consilius. 

are-they  second  to  thee  in    war,)        yielded  to  my          counseli 

Est     tibi  dextera          utilis 

[measures].      \  There  is    to  thee  [Thou  hast]  a  right  (hand)  serviceable 

bello ;          est  ingenium,  quod  eget 

;.n  war;         there     is   (to  thee)  [thou  hast]  a  nature,  that     needs 

nostro      moderamine.      Tu    geris    vires  (pi.)      sine 

our         (my)         direction.  Thou       hast    strength  without 

inente :       cura     futuri    est     mihi.  Tu    potes 

brain :         the  care  of  futurity      |  is   to     me    [is  mine].     Thou       canst 

pugnare :          Atrides      eligit       tempora      pugnandi 

fight:  th»  son-of-Atreus    chooses  the  times  of  fighting 

365]    mecum.  Tu   prodes  tantum  corpore;  nos 

together-with-me.     Thou  availest         only     in      body;          w» 

animo.     Que      quanto      qui  temperat      ratem, 

in  mind.  And  by  how-much  'he  who      'steers      the  raft         [boat} 

anteit      officium         remigis,  quanto      dux    est  majoi 

out-does  the  part        of  the  rower,  so-much  a  general    is       greater 

milite  ;  tanto  ego  supero  te.       Nee  non 

(than)  a  (common)    soldier ;     so-much   I        excel     thee.        |  Nor      not 

in  nostro       corpore  pectora    sunt 

[but  also]   in        our     [my]      body          |  breasts    there-are     [there  is  a 

potiora  manu :  omnis         vigor 

•col]      better   (far  than)     hand    [muscular  force]:       all      (my)    vigour 

est  in  illis.         At     vos,  6  proceres,  date       praemia 

it        in     them  [it].     But  'do  you,    0  chiefs,  'give  the  rewards 

370]       vestro  vigili :  que  pro      curis       tot   annorum, 

to  your     watchman  :  and  for  the  cares  of  so-many        years, 

quas        egi     anxius,  reddite  hunc  titulum  pensandum 

which  I  have-spent  anxious,       grant       this        dignity  balanoe^ 

nostris    mentis.  Labor    est    jam    in         fine? 

by       our  deserti.         Th«  toil  ii         now       at   'it«)    cloi« 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMU8.  38ft 

emovi  obstantia     fata :     que     cepi         alta 

L  hare-removed     the  opposing  fates :        and       taken     the   lofty 

Pergama.          faciendo          posse     capi.         Oro  nuno 

citadcls-of-Troy,  by  making    (them)   liable  to-be-taken.     I  ask        now 

per      socias  spes,  que      casura  moenia    Troum,    [375 

by     the  common  hopes,  and  the  falling        walls    of  Troy, 

que  per      deos  quos  nuper     ademi       hosti;  per  quod, 

and     by  the  gods     whom    lately  I  took-from  the  enemy;      by       whs 

si    quid    superest,  agendum-sit     sapienter , 

if  anything     remains  (to  be  done),    can-properly -he-done  wisely; 

si  quid  audax  que  ex  prsecipiti       adhuc  petendum-est ; 

if  any  thing    bold      and    of  great-danger 'must    yet  'be-sought-for ; 

si  putatis  aliquid     restare         fatis    Trojae ;  este 

if  you  can  think-of  anything  remaining-for  the  fates  of  Troy;        be-ye 

memores   mei :  aut  si      datis  non      arma   mihi ;    [380 

mindful       of  me:        or     if  you  give     not  the  arms  to  me; 

date  huic."     Et     ostendit      fatale  signum 

do-ye-give  (them)  to  this."         And  he  shows        the  fatal  sign 

Minervae. 

[statue]  of  Minerva. 

Manus      procerum    mota-est;    et     tune,    quid 

The  band         of  chiefs  was-moved;     and       then,       what 

facundia   posset,    patuit   in   re;    que  disertus 

eloquence       could-do,    appeared    in     fact;      and     (thus)     the  eloquent 

tulit         arma  fortis    viri.          Qui  solus    sustmuit 

did-win  the  arms  of  the  brave        man.     'lie  who      alone        'withstood 

Hectora,  qui  toties  ferrum  que  ignem  que 

Hector,  who  so-often    (withstood;    the  sword         and       fire         and 

Jovem,          non  sustinet  unam  iram :  que  dolor    [335 

J.nc,         'could    not      'sustain      one-only    anger:     and       grief 

vicit  invictum     virum.          Arripit         ensem ; 

me    the  unconquerable       man.          lie  snatches     (his)       sword ; 

et  ait,  "  Hie  cert£  est  meus.     An       Ulixes  poscat   et 

itnl  says,  "This    surely     is      mine.          Or  'will  Ulysses     'claim    alto 

hunc  sibi?      Hoc  utendum-est     mihi     in     me: 

this      to  [for]  himself?       This      |  muni-be  u.-ni   i  •  me       against       m» 

que     qui  ssepe    maduit 

\I  must  employ  on  ayself] :  and  that- which  bas-'bcen    often    ' 


OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

cruore    Phrygum,         nunc  madebit  erode 

with  the  blood    of  Phrygians,     'shall  now  'be-moistened  by  the  murder 

domini ;  ne  quisquam  nisi  Ajax  possit  superare 

of  (its)  lord ;  lest        any-one       save     Ajax        may  conquer 

890]    Ajacem."       Dixit :  et  condidit  letalem 

Ajax."  He  said :       and  concealed  [plunged]  the  fatal 

ensem  in       pectus,       turn  demum  passum  vulnera   qua 

sword     into  (his)  breast,  (that)  then    at-last      suffered     wounds  |  where 

patuit  ferro :  nee 

it  laid-open  to  the  sword :      [where  the  sword  could  penetrate] :       nor 

manus      valuere      educere       infixura  telum. 

'were    (his)     hands   'strong-enough  to-pull-back  the  infixed        weapon. 

Cruor  ipse  expulit ;  que      tellus        rubefacta 

The  blood      itself    'pushed    (it)  'out;  and  the  earth  (now)       made-red 

896]  sanguine     genuit      purpureum     florem     de 

with       blood  produced  a  purple  flower     from 

yiride  cespite,  qui   prius   natus-fuerat  de      (Ebalio 

the  green         turf,      which  formerly       bad-sprung       from  the  (Ebalian 

vulnere.       Littera  communis  que          puero 

wound.  A  letter        [characters]         common       both  to  the  boy 

que         viro          est       inscripta         mediis 

[Hyacinthus]  and  to  the  man  [Ajax]   is  [are]    inscribed     on  the  middle 

foliis :  haec  nominis,  ilia 

(of  the)  leaves :     this    (the  character)  of  [for]  the  name        [Ajax],  that 

querelae. 

<th«  character)  of  [for]  the  grief. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  XITL  399—438.) 

GRAII     RELINQUUNT     TROJAM. 
TBE     GREEKS  LEAVE  TROT. 

Victor  dat  vela  ad  patriam 

The  conqueror  [Ulysses]    |  gives  sails  [set  sail]  for    (his)     native-land 

Hypsipyles  que  clari    Thoantis,          et 

Hypsipyle         [Lemnos]      and  of  the  famous         Thoas,         and-also 

terras  ( pi.)  infames        caede         veterum  virorum, 

«  land  infamous  by  the  murder  of  the  old          men  [husbandf], 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMUS.  891 

at  referat  sagittas,       Tirynthia  tela. 

that  he  may-briug-back  the  arrow?,        |  the  Tirynthian  weapons  [f.  e.  U* 

Quae  postquam       revexit     ad    Graios, 

arrows  of  Hercules].    Which    after-that  he  bronght-bac-k  to  the  Oreeki, 

domine  comitante :  ultima  manus 

(their)       lord       [Phlloctetes]         attending    (too) :  the  last  hand 

est  tandem  imposita      ssevo  bello.     Troja  que  Priamus 

i?       at-length       put-to      the  raging     war.          Troy       and  Priam 

eimul    cadunt.      Priame'ia   conjux       infelix,  [5 

at-once          fall.  Priam's  wife      the  unhappy  (one), 

post  omnia,  perdidit  formam 

|  after        all         [besides  everything  else]         lost        |  (her)  form 

hominis ;  que    terruit    externas  auras 

of  man         [her  woman's  form] ;     and      affrighted      |  outward          airs 

novo  latratu.       Qua"        longus 

[foreign  lands]  with  new     [unusual]     barking.         Where  the  long 

Hellespontus  clauditur  in     angustum,          Hion 

Hellespont  is-shut-up  [confined]  in  a  narrow         (strait),       Troy 

ardebat ;      neque  ignis  adhuc    consederat :    que 

was-in-flames;       nor     'had  the  fire  yet      'wholly-subsided:     and 

ara      Jovis    combiberat        exiguum   cruorem 

(now)  the  altar  of  Jove        had-drunk-up     the  little  blood 

senis  Priami.         Antistita     Phoebi    [io 

(streaming  out)  of  aged        Priam.     The  chief-priestess  of  Apollo 

tracta  comis   (pi)         tendebat        ad 

[Cassandra]    dragged   by  the  hair  was-stretching-out        to 

aethera          palmas  non     profecturaa. 

the  heavens       (her)       bands       (that)    'could       not  'help, 

Victores    Graii    trahunt        Dardanidas     matres, 

The   conquering      Greeks     drag-along   the   Dardanian  matroni, 

amplexas,     dum  licet,  signa 

embracing,     whilst-that     it  is-allowed    (them),    the  statues     of    (thtto) 

patriorum    deorum,  que  tenentes      succensa   templa, 

family  gods,        and     kecping-in  the  enkindled          temples, 

invidiosa  pracmia  (pi).     Astyanax  mittitur    [ifl 

(their)     invidious  I.H-V.  Astyanax       is-thrown 

de  illis  turribus,  unde      saepe  solebat  viderc     patrem, 

fromthos*      towers,     whence  'he  often    'was-wont    to-se«  (his)      father, 


IW2  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

monsfciatum   a         matre,  pugnantem  pro      se,      que 

pointed-out  by  (his)  mother,  fighting  for      himself,      and 

tuentem         proavita   regna.     Que  jam  Boreas  suadet 

defending   (his)    ancestral      kingdoms.      And       now      Boreas       calls-to 

viam ;  que      mota  carbasa  (pL)    sonant 

the  way  [voyage] ;  and  the  moved  [waved]         flax         [sails]      resound 

secundo       flatu:         navita       jubet  uti 

with  the  prosperous  gale:       the   sailor  bids      (them)    UM 

20]         ventis  (pi.}.  Troades     clamant,      'Vale, 

the  wind.  The  Trojan-women         cry,  '  Farewell, 

Troja ;      rapimur,'    que         dant  oscula         terras,  et 

Troy;     we  are-hurried-off,'  and    they    give       kisses   to  the  earth,     and 

relinquunt        fumantia    tecta  patriae. 

quit  the  smoking  roofs    [bouses]    of  (their)    fatherland. 

Hecube,     miserabile  visu,  inventa  in      mediis 

Hecuba,       a  melancholy     (sight)  to  see,  found       in  the  midst 

sepulchris  natorum,       ultima   conscendit 

(of  the)      sepulchres     of  (her)     children,     the  last  goes-on-board 

classem.     Dulichiae  manus  trax£re 

the  fleet.  Dulichian        hands      'dragged  (them)  'away  (while) 

25]    prensantem  tumulos,    atque   dantem   oscula 

grasping  (their)       tombs,  and          giving  kisses 

ossibus.      Tamen      hausit 

to  (their)       bones.  Yet      she  drew-out  [scraped-up]  (the  ashes) 

Hectoris  unius,  que  tulit         haustos  cineres      secum 

of  Hector         alone,     and  carried  (these)  collected     ashes     with-herself 

in       sinu.         Relinquit  in      tumulo    Hectoris  canun 

in  (her)  bosom.     She  leaves  on  the  tomb      of      Hector  griy 

crinem  de         vertice,         crinem  que  lacrimas,  inopes 

hair          from  (her)  crown  [head],        hair       and         tears,  poor 

inferias. 

sacrifices  (in  honour  of  the  dead). 

3O]          Est,  contraria  Phrygiae,  ubi  Troja  fuit,  tellua 

There-is,    opposite-to      Phrygia,      where    Troy     was,  a  land 

habitata   Bistoniis  viris.        Dives  regia  Polymnestoria 

inhabited  by  Bistonian     men.      The  rich       palace  of  Polyinnestor 

erat  illic,  cui         pater,  Polydore,    clam    com- 

was    in -that  (land),  to  '•horn  (thy)  father,     Polydorus,      privately      com- 


LIBER    TERTIUS    DECIMU8.  893 

misit  te      alendum,     que  removit    ab  Phryciis  armia 

muted  thee  to-be-brought-up,  and  removed-far  from    Phrygian        arms. 

Sapiens    consilium,    nisi  adjecisset  magnas 

determination,       'if    he-*had  'not       'added  great 

opes,           praemia       sceleris,         irritamen          avari 

riches,       the   rewards      of    wickedness,    the  incentive        of  a  covetoui 

animi.         Ut          fortuna          Phrjgum  cecidit,    [35 

mind.          So-soon-as  the  fortune     of  the  Phrygians  fell, 

impius    rex  Thracum    capit          ensem.    que 

the  wicked        king    of  the  Thracians          takes    (his)     sword,         knd 

defigit  jugulo   sui  alumni :  et,  tanquam  crimina 

fixes     (it)  in  the  throat   of  his   foster-son :  and,     jnst-as-if          crimes 

possent       tolli       cum      corpore,      misit      exanimem 

could         be-taken-away  with  the  body,          he  hurled  (it)  lifelew 

scopulo  in       subjectas   undas. 

from  a  rock  into  the  underlying       waters. 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIIL  439—632.) 

8ACRIFICIUM        POLYXENJE. 
THE       SACRIFICE      OP       POLYXENA. 

Atrides    religaret         classem  Treicio    littore, 

Atrides         had-inoored  (his)      fleet      on  the  Thracian  shore, 

dum       mare     pacatum-esset,     dum       ventus 

until    the  sea  should-be-subdued,        until  the  wind          (became) 

mitior.           Hie     subitu     Achilles,    quantus     solebat 

more- tranquil.     Here   on-a-sudden      Achilles,          great-as  he  waa-wont 

esse    quiim     viveret,         exit  humo     rupt& 

to-be       when  he  was-Iiving,     sprung-forth  from  the  ground    breaking 

late,    que  similis  minanti    referebat         vultum 

widely,    and         like       to  (one)  threatening        revived     the  appearance 

illiua    temporis,     quo      ferus          petiit    Aga-     [5 

of  that  time,        in  which  savage-like  he  attacked       Aga- 

memnona  injusto  ferro.     Que     inquit,  'Achivi, 

memnon         with  (his)  lawless     sword.         And  he  raid,  '  Greeks, 

disceditis          immeraores   mei  ?  que  est  gratia 

do-yon-depart  (thus)    unmindful    of  me?      and     it  tie  grateful-memory 


394  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

nostrae     virtutis  obruta    mecum  ?  Ne  facite, 

of  our     [my]     virtue        buried      with-myself  ?     Do-'ye  not      'do     (so), 

que,    ut  meum  sepulchrum         non  sit    sine    honore, 

and,     that      my  sepulchre        'may    not     'be     without      honour, 

Polyxena        mactata        placet  Achilleoa 

•may         Polyxena  immolated          'appease       |  the  Achillean 

10]    manes.' 

manes       [the  ghost  of  Achilles].' 

Dixit:  et,  sociis         parentibus       immiti 

He  said :         and,  (his)  confederate-friends         obeying       the  harsh 

umbrae,        virgo    fortis,     et    infelix,    et   plus    quam 

shade,          the  maid        gallant,       and     unhappy,    and     more         than 

femina,  rapta  sinu  matris,  quam       prope* 

woman,     snatched  from  the  bosom  of  (her)  mother,      whom    'she  almost 

sola    jam    fovebat,    ducitur   ad        tumulum,  que     fit 

forlorn   now    'did-cherish,        is-led         to      the  tomb,  and   made 

hostia  diro  busto.  Quse  ipsa  memor        sui, 

I  sacrifice  at  (his)  dire      bust  [grave].      Who  herself  mindful- of  her-own, 

15]    postquam       admota-est         crudelibus    aris,    que 

after-that        she  was-brought-to   the    cruel  altars,     and 

sensit  fera  sacra       parari  sibi ;  que  ut 

perceived  (that)  the  fell        rites     were-prepared   for   herself;    and      as 

vidit   Neoptolemum  stantem,  que 

she   sees  Neoptolemus  [Pyrrhus]       standing      (before   her),      and 

tenentem       ferrum,         que  figentem       lumina        in 

holding  the   iron    [knife],      and        fixing        his  lights   [eyes]   ot 

suo     vultu,  dixit :  '  Utere  jamdudum      generosa 

her    countenance,  she  said:  'Use  quick         (my)  generous 

sanguine :  nulla  mora  est.  At        tu  conde 

blood:  no       delay      is  (in  me).     But  'do  thou  'conceal  [thrust] 

20]  telum  meo  jugulo  vel  pectore :'  que 

(thy)  weapon  [knife]  in  my         throat       or        breast:'  and 

simul  retexit        jugulum  que  pectus.     Scilicet 

ftt-the-instant  she  laiJ-bare  (her)  throat  and     breast.  Forsooth 

aut     Polyxena  ferrem     sevire        ulli,  aut  ullum 

(as  if)  either 'I,  Polyxena,  'could-bear  being-a-slaye  to  any,     or  any 

fcumen      placabitur      per    tale      sacrum.  Vellem 

*»Hy          si  all-be-appeased      by       such     a  sacrifice.          I   could-wisb 


LIBER   TERTIUS   DECIMUS.  395 

tantftm  mea    mors    posset         fallero 

only  (that)    my        death        might      escape-the-noticc-of  (my) 

matrem.  Mater   obest,    que        minuit        gaudia 

mother.          (Mj)   mother     impedes,     and    she  lessens       the  joy 

necis         mihi:  quamvis  non  mea  morg,    [25 

of  (my)  violent-death  to  me :  although      not       my       death, 

verhm    sua    vita  gemenda-est        illi.         Vos  modo\ 

but  her-own     life    must-be-lamented    by   her.      'Do  you          only, 

si     peto  justa,  este  procul,  ne        non  adeam 

if  I  demand  (what  is)  just,      'remain   aloof,      lest  I-'may  not  'go 

libera  Stygios  manes,  que  removete       manus 

free  [freely]  to  the  Stygian        ghosts,      and        restrain     the  hands 

viriles         virgin  eo    tactu.       Liber    sanguis       erit 

of  men          from   virgin  touch.  Free  blood          will-be 

acceptior          illi  quisquis  is  est,  quern       paratis    [30 

more-acceptable  to  him     whoever    he     is,      whom  you  design 

placare         me&    caede.      Si    tamen        ultima   verba 

to-appease     by  my          murder.         If     however   the  last  words 

nostri    oris  movent    quos:  filia 

of  our  mouths    [lips]       move          any       (of  you) :    the   daughter 

regis    Priami,    nunc      captiva,    rogat  vos :    reddite 

of  King         Priam,          now      a   captive,         solicits    you :  return 

corpus  inemtum  genetrici :  ve  ne 

the  corpse       unransomed  to  (my)  mother:  or    that  she-'may  not 

redimat         triste  jus  sepulchri        auro,  sed 

'repurchase  the  melancholy  privilege  of  a  grave  with  gold,       but 

lacrimis :    tune,  quum       poterat       redimebat    et 

with  tears:  then,      when    she  could         she  Hid-redeem     also 

auro.'  [35 

with  gold.' 

Dixerat:  at       populus  tenet  non  lacrimas,  quas 

Sha  had-spoken :  but  the  crowd        restrains    no'.        tears,        which 

ilia    tenebat.  Sacerdos    ipse    etiam     flens     que 

she      did-re«train.       The  priest,  himself       also       weeping      and 

invitus,  rupit         pnebita  praecordia  (pi.)  con- 

unwilling,  burst   (her)  proffered  breast  with  (hi«)  quickly- 

jecto  ferro.     Ilia,  labens  super       terram         defecto 

•riven       lUti.         She,      sinking         on        the  earth         with  weakcaod 


396  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

poplite,  pertulit     intrepidos  vultus  (pi.}  ad     novissima 

inee,  bore       an  undaunted      countenance        to  the  very-last 

40]    fata.      Tune   quoque     fuit      cura,  quum 

fates.  Then  too          it-was     a  care      (to    her),       when 

caderet,  velare          partes  tegendas,     que 

the  shonld-fall,  to-cover  (those)  parts    (that  ought)  to-be-concealed,    and 

servare       decus  cast!  pudoris.  Troades 

to-save       the  grace      of  (her)  chaste     modesty.        The  Trojan-women 

excipiunt ;  que    recensent       deploratos 

receive  (the  corpse);  and        reckon-up     the  deplored  [deceased] 

Priamidas :        et      quid     cruoris  una  domus  dederit : 

children-of-Priam :  and  how-much      blood      one       house  had-given-up 

que         gemunt    te,     virgo,  que    te,    0 

[shed] :  and     they  bewail         thee,  0  virgin  [Polyxena],  and     thee,    0 

45]    modd  dicta     regia  conjux,  regia  parens, 

lately      called  a  royal       consort    [Hecuba],     a  royal         parent, 

imago  florentis    Asiae ;    nunc    etiam        mala 

the  resemblance     of  flourishing       Asia;      but-now        still      the  bad 

sors  praedae :   quam       victor    Ulixes  nollet 

lot  [part]  of  plunder:       which  the  conqueror  Ulysses    would-not-wish 

esse  suam,  nisi  quod  tamen  edideras       Hectora 

to-be  his-own,  except  that        etill     thou  hadst-brought-forth        Hector 

partu.     Hector  vix  reperit     dominum  matri. 

by  birth.  Hector  scarcely  found       a  master  for  (his)  mother. 

50]    Qu33      complexa         corpus,  inane  tarn 

Who     having-embraced  the  body,  void  [deprived  of]       so 

fortis      animse,    dat      huic    quoque    lacrimas,    quas 

brave       a  soul,  gives  to  this  too  tears,  which 

toties    dederat  patriae    que    natis    que 

she-1  had  so-often       'given         to  (her)  country       and     children      and 

viro;      fundit         lacrimas  in        vulnera, 

husband;     pours     (her)  tears  into  the  wounds     (of  her  daughter), 

que     tegit  oscula  ore,  que 

and       covers     the  little-mouths     with  (her)  mouth    [kisses  her],     and 

plangit          consueta  pectora  (pl-\ 

beats  (her)  accustomed  [f.  e.  wont  to  be  beaten]  breast, 

que,    verrens   suam    canietem  in    concrete    sanguina, 

»nd,         trailing          her          gray-hair       in         clotted  blood, 


LItJEK    TERTIUS    DECIMUS.  89") 

ilixit    quidem    plura,    sed    et    haec  laniato    [55 

said  indeed         more,         but     also     these  (words),    tearing 

pectore  :     '  Nata,        ultima  dolor  (eriim  quid 

(her)  breast :         '  0  daughter,  the  last          affliction     (for       what  (else) 

superest  ? )     tuae  matri,    nata,  jaces :         que 

remains  ? )         of  thy     mother,    daughter,    thou  art-laid-in-death  :     and 

video  meum  vulnus      tua  vulnera  :  et, 

I  regard   my-own    wound  (as)  thy     wounds:       and,  lest- 'that  I-«should 

ne  perdiderim  quemquam     meorum  sine     caede, 

'not          lose  any          of  my        (children)  without  slaughter, 

tu    quoque  habes     vulnus.     At     rebar   te   tutam     a 

thou        too  hast     a  wound.          But  I  beliered  thee   secure  from 

ferro,      quia       femina:       et  fcmina     cecidisti 

steel,          because     a  woman :         and-yet  thou  a  woman         hast-fallen 

ferro:     que         idem     Achilles         exitium    [60 

l>y  the  sword :         'and      the  same  Achilles      the  ruin 

Trojae,  que  orbator     nostri,  tot 

of  Troy,         and  |  bereaver   of  us         [my  bereaver],  'besides  so-many-of 

tuos  fratres,    perdidit   te.  At  postquam      cecidit 

thy       brothers,  has-destroyed  thee  (too).     But     after-that     he  has-fallen 

sagittis      Paridis   que     Phoebi :     "nunc  certe," 

by  the  arrows         of  Paris  and         Phoebus :          "  now        surely," 

dixi,  "Achilles  est  non  metuendus."       Nunc 

said-I,      "  Achilles       is      not  [no  longer]       to-be-feared."          Yet-now 

qudque     erat  metuendus         mihi.        Ipse  cinis  (sing.} 

too  he  was       to-be-feared  to  [by]  me.       The  very    ashes 

sepulti   saevit     in     hoc  genus :       sensimus    [65 

of  the  buried  rages    against   this     family :      we  have-1'elt 

hostem  quoque          tumulo :     fui         fecunda 

the  enemy  even        in  the  tomb:         I  have-been  a  fruitful  (mother) 

JEacidae.  Ingens  Ilion  jacet : 

tu  the  descendant-of- JSacus  [Achilles].      Great      Ilion       lies  (in  ruins) : 

quo       publica  clades  est  finita         gravi  eventu :  sed 

and    the  public          calamity   is      finished  by  a  grievous    issue:          but 

tamen         finita.  Pergama  soli  restant 

yet         (it  is)  finished.     The  cit*dels-of-Troy  [Pergamus]  alone     remain 

mihi,  que  incus  dolor    est  in  cursu.  Mod6 

to  uie,         and       my      sorrow      U    j  in    course  [to  continue],        Lmtwlj 


398  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

70]        maxima     rerum,  potens        tot       generis 

the  greatest    of  things  [women],  powerful  in  so-many  sons-in-law 

que    natis,    que      nuribus,      que      viro,  nunc 

and     daughters,    and    daughters-in-law,    and     a  husband,  I-'axi,  now 

exsul,  mops,  avulsa  tumulis     meorum, 

in  exile,       poor,       forced      from  the  tombs         of  my  (friends) 

trahor       munus       Penelopae:     quae,    ostendens    me, 

•dragged     a  present       to  Penelope :  who,  showing  me, 

trahentem  danta   pensa,          Ithacia 

(while)  drawing-out  [spinning]  (my)  given         tasks,      to    the    Ithacan 

matribus,    dicet,    "  Haec   est  ilia   clara   parens 

dames,  shall-say,      "This        is      that    famous      parent  [mother] 

75]        Hectoris :    haec    est   Priameia    conjux."     Que, 

of  Hector:  this       is          Priam's  wife."  And, 

post     tot  amissos,    tu,    quae   sola     levabas 

after     so-many  (children)         lost,  thou,     who     alone  didst-relieve 

maternos  luctus,        nunc       piasti  hostilia 

(thy)  mother's         sorrows,  'thou  now    'hast-propitiated  |  (these)  inimical 

busta.  Peperi  inferias 

ashes-of-the-burned  [this  hostile  ghost].      I  bore  sacrificial-victims 

hosti.       Qu6         vesto      ferrea  ?  ve  quid 

for  the  enemy.      For-what   do-I-remain      hard  [unyielding]  ?    or      why 

moror  ?      quo          servas       me,    damnosa   senectus  ? 

delay  ?          for- what     dost-thou-save     me,         pernicious  age  ? 

Quid,    crudeles   di,        differtis         vivacem        anum, 

Why,  cruel        gods,     do-ye-reprieve     a  long-lived      old-woman, 

80]    nisi          quo  cernam   nova   funera?      Quis 

unless     in-order-that     I  may-see         new        funerals  ?  Who 

putaret  Priamuin  posse   dici   felicem  post 

would-have-thought     (that)  Priam  might  be-called    happy      since 

Pergama  (pi.)         diruta  ?  Est     felix       sua 

Troy  has-been-destroyed?  He  is  happy      in  his 

morte ;    nee    adspicit    te,    mea    nata,    peremtam,    et 

death ;  nor          sees          thee,     my      daughter,         slain,  and 

reliquit       pariter  vitatn  que         regnum.     At, 

ka&-quit       at  the-same-time  (his)  life          and     (his)  kingdom.         But, 

85]    puto,  regia  virgo,  dotabere       funeribus ;  que 

I  imagine, 'thou  a  royal   maid, 'wilt- be-graced  with  funeral  rites;  aud 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMUS.  899 

tuum  corpus  condetnr     avitis   monumentis.  Hsec 

thy  b<n]y        be-buried   in  ancestral      monuments.         (But)  this 

est  non       fortuna  domfis.      Fletus,        munera 

is         not     the  fortune      of  (our)  family.  Tears,       the  last-gifts 

matris,  que  haustus     perigrinse  arense  contingent 

of  a  mother,       and     draughts   of  foreign  sands  ihall-fall 

tibi.  Perdidimus  omnia.  Nunc 

|  to  thee  [to  thy  lot].     We  have-lost  all     (things).     'Thou  now 

solus    superest,      cur        sustineam    vivere   in     breve 

alone       'survives!,     wherefore  I  should-bear       to-live      for    a  short 

tempus,     proles,      gratissima  matri,  Poly-    [90 

time,  a  child,      the  dearest  of  (his)  mother,       Poly- 

dorus,    quondam        minimus         de          virili    stirpe, 

dorus,  formerly       the  least  [youngest]    of  (my)    male  issue, 

datus         in  has  oras         Ismaris  regi.     Quid    moror 

given  [sent]  on  these  coasts  to  the  Ismarian   king.         Why    do-I-delay 

interea  abluere        lymphis          crudelia  vulnera, 

in-the-meanwhile   to-wash  with  spring-water  (her)  cruel  wound?, 

et  yultus   sparsos         immitti  sanguine  ? ' 

and  (her)  face          besmeared  with  dismal  blood?' 


FAB.  IV.  (Metam.  Lib.  XIII.  533—575.) 

HECUBA     MUTATA       IN  CAN  KM. 

HECUBA     CHANGED    INTO    A     DOO. 

Dixit :    et,           albentes  comas          lam- 

She  [Hecuba]  has-said :  and,  (her)  whitening    locks      torn-and-dis- 

ata  processit     ad         littus  amili     passu. 

bevelled,      she  proceeded          to      the  shore         with  aged  step. 

Infelix,  ut          hauriret      liquidas  undas, 

The  wretched  (one),  so-that  she  might-draw  tho  liquid        waves  [water], 

dixerat,         '  Troades,  date  urnam:'         adspicit 

bad-said,     'Ye  Trojan-dames,  give  (me)  an  urn:'         (lo !)  ihe  sees 

corpus       Polydori      ejectum      in          littore,    que 

the  body  of  Polydorus         thrown-out    upon     the  shore,  and 

ingentia     vulncr.-i     facta         Threiciis      telia.      [6 

(be  big  wounds          m:nlt;        by  Thracian        weapons. 


400  OVIDII   MBTAMORPH 

Troades      exclamant :  ilia     obmutuk  dolore, 

The  Trojan-datnes  cry-out-aloud :    she  w&s-struck-dumb  with  grief; 

et       ipse  dolor  devorat  pariter        vocem  que  lacrimas 

and  the  very     grief      stops-up      at-ouce  (her)  voice       and  tears 

obortas  introrsus,   que   torpet  simillima      duro  saxo, 

rising  inward,         and     is-nnmb       most-like       a  hard        rock, 

et   mode  figit         lumina  adversa  terra : 

and     now       fixes  (her)  eyes          on  the  |  adverse          ground    [ground 

interdum     extollit  torvos     vultus     ad 

before   her]:      sometimes         throws-up     (her)  stern  looks  to 

10]        sethera:  nunc  spectat      vultum,  nunc     vulnera 

the  skies:  now        views     the  visage,          now  the  wounds 

positi         nati,  praecipue"         vulnera :  que  armat 

of  (her)  lying  [dead]     son,      especially     (his)  wounds:        and       arms 

et   instruit     se  ira1.  Qua  simul 

and  furnishes   herself  with  passion.     With  which  (passion),    so-soon-as 

exarsit     tanquam    regina       maneret,          statuit 

she  was-inflamed,         as-if         a  queen      she  might-remain,   she  resolved 

ulcisci;  que      est   tota  in        imagine 

to-be-revenged;      and       |  is       whole  [lives  wholly]     in     the  thought 

15]        posnae.        Que  ut    leaena  orbata  lactente 

of  punishment.     And     as  a  lioness    bereaved  of  (her)  sucking 

catulo,      furit,  que      nacta  signa  pedum 

whelp,      she  rages,     and    having-found   the  signs  [tracks]  of  the  feet 

sequitur         hostem,  quern  non    videt:    sic 

she  pursues          the  foe,  whom     she-'could   not        'see:        that 

Hecube,  postquam      miscuit  iram       luctu,  non  oblita 

Hecuba,          after-that   she  bus-mixed     rage  with  grief,       not  foregoing 

animorum,         oblita     suorum  annorum,        vadit 

(her)  spirits,  (but)  forgetting       her  years,         goes-has tily 

ad   Polymestora,       artificem  dirae    caedis,     que 

to  Polymestor,       the  author          of  (this)  direful     murder,       and 

petit      colloquium :  nam  se    velle 

desires     a  conference          (with  him) :     for     (she  said  that)  she     wished 

20]    monstrare  illi  latens     aurum  relictum,  quod 

to-show  him  (some)  concealed      gold       left-behind,    which 

redderet  nato.         Odrysius  credidit: 

he  should-  restore     to   (her)   sou.         The  Odrysiuu          believed      (bar)  • 


LIBPR   TEKTIUS    DEOIMUS.  401 

|ue   assuetus  amore      praedae      vonit  in 

*nd       accustomed     to  the  love          of  prey          he  comes   (with  her)   to 

secret^.  Turn  callidus,     dixit         blando     ore: 

a  secret         (place).     Then        crafty,      he  said    with  a  soothing    mouth: 

'  Hecube,        tolle  moras,  da  munera 

'Hecuba,  away-with       (all)  il'.-l.iy-,       (and)  L-ive      the  presents 

nato.      Juro  per      superos,  omne  quod         das, 

to  (thy)  son.          I  swear     by     the  gods,  all         that  thou  givest, 

et      quod  ante      dedisti,      fore      illius.    [25 

and       what       thou-'hast  already        'given,         shall-be  his. 

Truculenta,        spectat          loquentem.    que  jurantem 

Stem,  she  views          (him)  speaking,  and  swearing 

falsa,  que   exaestuat         turaida   ira":          atque 

false      (things),     and          boils          with  heaving      rage:    and-at-oncc, 

agmine      captivarum   matruin,    involat  ita 

from  a  coui]i;my     of  captive  matrons,         fliea-at    (him)    thus 

correptum,           et    condit          digitas    in          perfida 

caught  [decuycd],       and     thrusts      (her)  fingers        in     (his)  perfidious 

lumina,    que    expilat        oculos  genis,       (ira 

eyes,  and          robs        the  eyes        from  (their)  cheeks,    (passion 

fat-it        potentem,)  que      immergit        manus 

makes  (her)  strong,)  and   she  plunges         (her)  bunds     (into  the 

que  foedata  sonti  sanguine,  haurit,    [30 

•ockets),     and     stained     with  (hi?)  £u  Uy         blooJ,        tears-out, 

non      lumen,  (enim  neque  superest,)        loca 

not    the  eye,  (for  |  not-even  (any)  [none]  remains,)  but  the  placet 

luminis. 

[locket*]  "f  ::,c  li^it     [eyes]. 

Gens       Thracum     irritata  clade          sui 

The  race        of    Tl  ra-  provoked       at  the  calamity    of  their 

tyranni  coepit  inci-psere  Troada  jactu 

tyrant  licjrau        ti.ati.ick     the  In. jan-womnn  [Heoub*]  by  throwing 

tolornm   que   lapiduni.      At   h:vc   insrquitnr       saxuin 

d;irts  and         stones.  But      ?be          pursues        the  stone 

missum  morsibus  cum      ranco  murmure ; 

Lurled     (at  her)  with  failings  [snaps]   along- with  a  hoarse         muttering 

que    conata    loqui         rictu  (sing.)  parato    [35 

[jrrowlj;  and    attempting  to-speak,  (her)  j»ws  being-ready 


402  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

in      verba,       latravit.         Locus         cxstat,  et  habet 

for  the  words,  (he  barked.         The  place      (still)  remains,   and         bas 

nomen    ex  re :     que  ilia  diu  memor 

[receirMJ  (it*)      name       from     the   thing :      and     she,    long    mindful 

veterum  malorum,    turn    quoque    moesta 

of  (her)        old       [former]     misfortunes,       then  too          mournful 

ululavit  per         Sithonios  agros.  Illius 

howled       through  the  Sitbonian         fields    [plains].     (Fortune)  of  her 

que       Troas  que  suos  Pelasgos 

[in  her  behalf]  (had  moved)  both  the  Trojans    and       her  Grecian 

hostes,  Fortuna     illius  quoque  moverat 

foes,  Fortune     of  her     [in  her  behalf]  'had        also  'moved 

omnes       deos:     sic  omnes,    ut  ipsa 

all  the  gods:     so-much    (had  moved)         all,         that   'she  herself 

que       conjux  que  soror     Jovis  negaverit 

[Juno]    both  the  wife  and     sister  of  Jove  'denied         (that) 

Hecubam     meruisse     illos     eventus. 

Hecuba  had-deserved     those  fates. 


FAB.  V.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIII.  576—622.) 

CINERE8         MEMNONIS      MUTATE      IN      AVES. 
THE    ASHES     OF     HEMNON          CHANGED    INTO    BIRDS. 

Non  vacat     Aurorse,  quamquam  faverat 

There-'is  not     'leisure  to     Aurora,  although      she  bad-favoured 

isdem    armis,    moveri  cladibus  et  casu  que 

the  self-same       arms,     to-be-moved  at  the  calamities    and     fall      both 

Trojae  que       Hecubae.         Proprior  cura  que 

[either]  of  Troy        and   [or]      Hecuba.         A  nearer  care       and 

domesticus  luctus          amissi  Memnoni?,  quern        lutea 

domestic  grief    of  (her)     lost          Memnon,       whom  the  rose-red 

mater  vidit  pereuntem          Phrygiis  campis         Achil- 

mother      saw        perishing     on  the  Phrygian         plains  by   |  the  AohiU 

5]      lea"  cuspide,  angit          deam ;       vidit ; 

lean     point    [4chilles*  spear],  torments    the  goddess;    she  saw; 

ct  ille  color,         quo       matutina  tempora  rubescunt, 

and  that    colour,  with  which  the  morning  times  become -red. 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DKCTMU8.  408 

pallucrat :      que      aether     latuit     in       nubibua.     At 

nad-turned-fale:   and  the  sky        laid-hidden   in  the  clouds.  Yet 

parens  sustinuit  non  spectare 

the  parent     [mother]        |  bore        not   [could  not  bear]      to-se«      (hi«x 

artus  impositos         supremis  ignibus  : 

'imbs          placed       on  the  last  fires     [».  t.  on  the  funeral  pile"; 

sed      soluto  crine.  sicut      erat,  dedignata-estnon    [10 

)ut  with   loose       hnir,    just-as  she  was,          disdained  not 

procumbere          genibus    magni  Jovis,  que  addere  has 

:o-fall-down       at  the  knees         of  great        Jove,     and      to-add    these 

voces  lacrimis  :  '  Inferior     omnibus, 

rrords     to  (her)        tears :  '  Inferior     to  all  (the  goddesses), 

quas       aureus    aether    sustinet,    (nam    templa    sunt 

whom  the  golden         heaven         sustains,  (for         temples  are 

rarissimi      mihi  per 

'.he    fewest  to    me       [my    temples   are   the   fewest]       throughout 

totum    orbem,)    tamen         diva      veni,     non     ut 

the    whole  world,)  yet      'I,  a  goddess,  'came,         not     that 

des       mihi  delubra  que  sacrifices  dies, 

thou  ruayst-give      me       temples      and    sacrificial      |  days      [festivals], 

que     aras     calituras  ignibus.       Si      tamen    [15 

and        altars     to-be-heated     with       fire?.  If       however 

adspicias    quantum       foemina  praestem  tibi, 

thou   mayst-reflect      how-much  'I,  a  woman,       'may-do   to  [for]  thee, 

turn    quum  nova"    luce  servo 

then         when      |  in  the  new         light     [at  the  dawn  of  day]  I  keep 

confinia    noctis;  putes     praemia       danda. 

the  bounds       of  night;    thou  mayst-think    rewards     ought-to-be-given. 

Sed   ea   est  non        cura :  neque      hie  nunc       status 

But      that     is      not  (my)    care :         nor      (is)  this      now     the  state 

Aurorae,    ut          poscat    meritos   honores.       Venn 

of  Aurora,          that     she   may-ask      deserved        honours.        I  come 

orba  mei  Memnonis  :  qui  frustrd  tulit  fortia    [20 

bereaved     of  uiy          Memnon :         who     vainly       bore       brar* 

arma  pro  suo  patruo,  que  occidit    sub       primis 

arms       for     his       uncle      [Priam],  and         full        |  under    (his)    first 

annis  (sic  vos  voluistis,) 

yean  [in  his  prime  of  life]    (so     you  [i.  i.  the  godsj     would     (have  it),) 


404  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

a       forti  Achille.     Summe  rector         Deum,    precor, 

by  the  brave     Achilles.     0  highest      ruler   of  the  Gods,       1  pray, 

da      huic    aliquem    honorem        solatia      mortis,    qua 

give        her          some  honour    the  consolations  of  death,          and 

leni         materna  vulnera. 

ease    |  the  maternal      [a  mother's]      wounds. 

25]         Jupiter  annuerat ;  quum       arduus          rogus 

Jupiter      had-nodded;       when   the   lofty  funeral-pile 

Memnonis    corruit  alto  igne ;  que  volumina 

of  Memnon      tumbles-down  with  the  towering    fire ;      and         volumes 

nigri  fumi  infecere       diem  ;  veluti  quum       flumina 

of  black    smoke    distained   the  day ;  as         when   the   streams 

exhalant  natas      nebulas.        Nee      Sol 

exhale  (their)     rising  fogs.  Nor    'is  Sol     [the  Sun] 

admittitur  infrJL  Atra  favilla  (sing.)  volat, 

admitted         below  (those  fogs).     The  black    |  embers  flies  [fly\ 

que  glomarata  in  unum  corpus  densatur,  que 

and  rolled        into      one          body        thickens        [thicken],     ana 

SO]    capit  faciem,  que  sumit  calorem  atque  animam 

takes  [take]  a  form,          and  assume       heat          and  life 

ex         igni ;   sua  levitas  prsebuit  alas ; 

from  the  fire;         its     [their]    lightness      afforded     (it)  [them]    wings; 

et  prime)  similis      volucri,     mox     vera  volucris  (sing.} 

and    first          like     t«  -,\.  uird,          soon-after    real         birds 

insonuit  pennis:     innumerae     sorores 

Bounded-loudly  with  (its)  [their]       wings :         innumerable  sisters 

sonuere    pariter,       quibus   est  eadem 

sounded       all-at-once,    |  to  whom         is       [who   possess]     the   same 

natalis      origo:  que      ter          lustrant 

oatal  origin :     [t.  e.  the  ashes] :      and       thrice      they  go-round 

rogum :  et   ter  consonus    plangor          exit 

the  funeral-pile :  and  thrice  (their)     accordant  noisy-beating  goes-forth 

35]    in  auras:  quarto  volatu       seducunt 

upon  the  gentle-breezes:  in  (their;  fourth      flight  they  separate 

castra  (pl.\     Turn  duo  feroces  populi  de  diversa 

(their)     camp.  Then    two        fierce      peoples  from    |  diverse 

parte  gerunt   bella,    que    exercent 

parti       [opposite  sides]      carry-on      ware,        and  exert        (their) 


LIBER   TERTIUS    DECIMUS.  405 

iras  rostris  ct  aduncis  unguibus,  que  lassant 

passions  with   (their)    beaks    and    crooked          claws,         and  tiro 

alas  que  adversa  pectora:  que      cognata  corpora 

(their)  wings  and      adverse        breasts :       and  the  kindred  bodies 

cadunt  inferiae  sepulto  ceneri  (ving.} :    que    [40 

fall-down     victims     to   the   buried  ashes:  and 

meminere  se        creat.is  forte  viro. 

they  remember  (that  they)  themselves  were-formed  from  (that)  brave  man. 

Auctor  facit       nomen  subitia 

(Their)     author     [Memnon]     makes      a  name  for  (these)  sudden 

praepetibus;    dicta   Memnonides    ab    illo,    quum   Sol 

birds;  called          Memnonides      from     him,    whenever     Sol 

peregit  duodena   signa,          rebellant   periturae 

has-traversed     the  twelve  signs,       they  war-again  to-perish 

parental!  Marte.  Ergo 

in  (this)  parental     fight  [i.e.  in  honour  of  deceased  parents].     Therefore 

aliis   visum-est   flebile  Dymantida    [45 

to  others      it-seemed     lamentable     (that)  the  daughter-of-Dymas 

latrasse;    Aurora   intenta-est       suis      luctibus;    que 

had-barked;       Aurora         was-engaged     in  her-own         griefs;          and 

dat  nunc    quoque  pias    lacrimaa :     et 

ihe  gives  [sheds]       now  too          (her)  pioui          tears:  ud 

rorftt  in  toto      orbe. 

sprinkles  (them)  ow    all     the  world  'ia  d«w. 


406  OVIDII    METAMOKPH. 


LIBER    QUARTUS    DECIMUS, 

BOOS  THE    FOURTEENTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIV.  445—580.) 


SEDES  -dGNEJE    IN    LATIO. 

SETTLEMENT    OF   AENEAS    IN    ITALY. 

FUN  is  religatus          ab       herboso    aggere 

THE  CABLE      (which)  fastened      (them)  to     the   grassy  bank 

aolvitur  :    et          relinqunt      procul          insidias    que 

is-untied  :         and  they  leave-behind   at-a-distance   the  snares  and 

tecta  infamatse  deae,    que   petunt        lucos, 

roofs  [palace]     of  the  disgraced      goddess,     and         seek        the  groves, 

ubi  Tybris  nubilas         umbra" 

where     the  Tyber      |  overcast     with  shade  [confined  with  shady  banks] 

prorumpit  in         mare  cum         fulva  arena*  :  que 

discharges       into     the  sea        with     (his)  yellow     sand:        and  (where 

potitur     domo  que  nat&  Faunigenaa 

JBneas)  obtains     the  home  [country]  and  daughter  |  of  Faunus-descended 

5]     Latini  ;  tamen     non      sine 

Latinus  [of  Latinus,  son  of  Faunus]  ;  yet  not    without 

Marte.          Bellum    suscipitur  cum      feroci 

a  bloody-war.     A  war  is-begun      (by  ./Eneas)  with      a  fierce 

gente;  que  Turnus  furit  pro        pacta     conjuge. 

nation;       said       Turnus     is-mad     for     the  betrothed      spouse. 

Tota  Tyrrhenia  concurrit        Latio  :  que  ardua 

All          Tuscany       confederates  with  Latiuro:     and  arduous  [doubt- 

victoria       diu   quaeritur          sollicitis  armis. 

ful]     victory      'i»  long      'pursued          with  instigated  [ardent]       arm*, 


LIBEIl    QUARTUS    DKCIMUS.  407 

Uterquc  auget  suas  vires  (pi.)  externo    [io 

Each  (of  the  cities)  increases  its-own  strength     by  foreign 

robere :  et    multi  tuentur  Rutulos, 

power  [troops]:      and      many  (nations)     favour  [join]     the  Rutulum, 

inulti          Trojana     castra  (pi.) :     neque  JEneas 

many         the   Trojan  camp:  nor          'had   ^Eneas 

venerat  frustra  ad       limina     Evandri;     at     Venulus 

applied         in-vain      at  the  thresholds  of  Evander;     though         Venulus 

frustr^  ad       magnam  urbem  profugi 

fhad)  vainly        (applied)   at   the  great  city         of  the  "fugitive 

Diomedis.     Ille  quidem  condiderat       maxima  moenia 

Diomedes.  He         indeed        bad-founded  the  greatest  walls 

sub         lapyge    Dauno,    que   tenebat  dotalia 

near      the  lapygian     Daunus's,      and         held  [reigned  over]  |  dotal 

arva.  Sed    postquam    Venulus     [15 

regions  [a  dotal  kingdom].         But          after-that  Venulus 

peregit       mandata     Tumi,  que   petit   auxilium; 

executed    the  commands   of  Turnua,    and  requested          aid          (in  hu 

^Etolius       heros  excusat  vires  (pi) 

name) ;  JEtolius       the  hero          'pleads     (his  want  of)  strength          'as- 

se  nee      velle      committere 

an-ezcuse  (that  he)    himself        'could   not       'pretend  to-engage 

populos  sui     soceri         pugnae :  nee  habere 

the  people    [subjects]    of  his     father-in-law       to-battlo:     nor       bad-he 

ullos      e  gente        suorum,  quos 

nny          |  of       the  nation       of  bis-own        [of  his  own  clan],         whom 

armet.  .      .      .  Rutuli        sine    [20 

he  uay-equip-for-war.        .         .         .         The  Rutulians     without 

illis  viribus         gerunt       instructa  bella,  que  multum 

thu.-e       men  [allies]      wage       the  prepared         wars,      and  much 

cruoris    datur  ab   utrdque  parte.  [85 

olood  is-given  [shed]  |  by          each  part  [on  both  tides'). 

Ecce    Turnus    fert         avidos     faces      in  pinea 

Lo !  Turnus       bears     the  devouring   torches  against       the  pine 

texta:  que  quibus        unda  pepercit,  timent 

frames:      and   (those  ships)   which       the  large        spared,  fear 

ignes. 

the   fires. 


108  OVIDH   METAMORPH. 

Que  jam  Mulciber   urebat        picem,  et  ceras,  que 

And     now        Vulcan     was-burning  the  pitch,        and    rosin,       and 

caetera    alimenta  flammse,    que        ibat          per 

other  aliments         of  the  flame,  and     was-mounting    along 

altum   malum  ad       carbasa,    et    transtra 

|  the  lofty  mast  [tall  masts]     to    the  sails,  and  cross-banki 

90]  incurvse   carinae   fumabant :    quum      sancta 

of  the  bending  keels       were-smoking :      when    the  awful 

genetrix  deum      memor  has  pinus    fuisse 

mother          of  the  gods       calling-to-mind  (that)  these    pines    bad-been 

caesus  Idaeo      vertice  complevit 

cut  j  on  the  Idean  top       [on  Ida's  summit],  filled 

aethera  (pL)      tinnitibus     pulsi    aeris,    et       mur- 

the  air  with  the  tinkling        of  sounding  brass,     and    the    mur- 

mure  inflati      buxi:  que    invecta       per 

muring     of  the  inflated       boxwood  [flute] :      and        riding       through 

leves  auras  domitis  leonibus,       ait,     '  Turne, 

the  |  light        airs  [sky]  with  tamed  lions,       she  says,    '  0  Turnus, 

jactas  irrita  incendia        sacrilega"     dextra : 

dost-thou-toss  (these)  vain        fire-brands  with  sacriligious   right-hand: 

95]       eripiam ;       nee,  me  patiente,  edax 

I  will-interpose;     nor,       I       suffering     (it),  'shall  the  devouring 

ignis   cremabit   partes    et    membra      meorum 

fire  'consume          parts       and      divisions     of  my-own       (sacred) 

nemorum.'  De&  dicente     intonuit ; 

groves.'  (While)  tne  goddess  (was  yet;  speaking    it-thundered; 

que    graves       nimbi       secuti       tonitrum,  ceciderunt 

and        heavy     showers-of-rain  followed  the  thunder,  accompanied 

cum  salient-e  grandine :  que       Astraei  fratres  turbant 

with       rattling  hail:  and  the  Aitrcan     brothers         disturb 

100]         aera  (pi-)    et    tumidum         aequos 

the  air  and        swelling         the  sea  with  (their) 

jubitis      concursibus,    et  eunt          in      proelia. 

unexpected        encounters,         and         they  go     [rush]  into  battles 

Alma      parens  usa  viribus  (pi.} 

The  bounteous     parent     (of  the  god*),    aided      by  the  power 

unius    e    quibus      praerupit  stupea   retinacula 

\f  one          of        these,     broke-off-in-front   the  hempen  bonds 


LIBER    QUARTDS    DECIMUB.  409 

Phrygiae    classis  :    que  fert       rates   pronas,  que 

of  the  Phrygian  fleet:         and     bears   the  ships     downward,     and 

mergit  sub  medio      aequore. 

sinks         (them)      beneath       the  middle  sea  [i.e.  to  the  bottom]. 

Robore  raollito,  que      ligno   verso  in  corpora,    [105 

The  oak  softening,   and   the  wood    |  turning  into        bodies 

aduncse  puppes  mutantur     in 

[assuming  the  nature  of  flesh],  the  crooked       sterns      are-changed    into 

facies       capitum.  Remi  abeunt  in 

|  forms       of  heads  [human  faces].       The  oars  go-off  [shoot]  into 

digitos  et  natantia  crura  :  que  quod  priiis  fuerat,  est 

fingers       and     floating         legs  :         and      what     before    bad-been,      is 

latus  :  que       carina  subdita       mediis  navigiis, 

(still)  a  side  :          and    the  keel          supporting  the  middle   ships  [strue- 

mutatur    in  usum  spinae. 

tares  of  the  vessel],  |  is-changed    for      use  [changes]  to  a  spine  [back]. 


Lina  (pi.)  firent       molles  comae  (j0Z.),       antennae 

The  cordage  become  soft          hair,  th«  sailyards 

brachia.        Color  est  caerulus,  ut     fuerat.     Que    [no 

arms.  The  colour     is    dark-green,  as  (it)  bad-been.      And 

aequorece  Na'ides   exercent     virgineis  lucibus  illas 

the   sea-  Nereids        exercise      in     maiden         sports        those 

undas,  quas  ante        timebant,  que  ortae     in 

waves,       which  before     they  did-dread,      and  (although)   sprung  from 

summis    montibus  celebrant  molle 

the  highest  mountains    'they  (yet)     frequent      the  gently-moving 

fretum,         nee         sua  origo  tangit  eas.     Tamen  non 

strait         [sea],    nor  'does  their    origin      'affect    them.       However     not 

oblitae,     quam     multa     pericula          pertulerint 

forgetting,       how          many  hazards       they  bad-ran  on  the 

B83VO    pelago,         saepe   supposuere  manus     [115 

raging          sea,         'they  often  |  'put          (their)       hands 

carinis  jactatis  nisi   si    qua 

-under     ships  to^ed-about  [befriended  struggling  ships]  save  when    any 

vehebiit   Acbivos.     Memores  adhuc  cladis 

(one)  was-carryinj,'      Greeks.  'Mindful         still     'of  the  oaUmitiM 

Phrygiae,         odSre       Pelasgos.     .     .     . 

tf  the  Phrygians,     they  bated     the  Greeks. 


410  OVIDII    METAMORPE. 

Erat     spes,  classe 

There-was     hope      [i.  «.  reason  to  hope],  the  fleet  'being  (thui) 

animat&   in    marinas  Nymphas,  Rutulura  posse 

'animated     into          sea-  Nymphs,     (that)  the  Rutulian        would 

metu       monstri  desistere  bello. 

through      awe    of  a  prodigy     (so  strange)         desist      from  the  war. 

Perstat :     que  utraque  parte   habet    deos,  que 

(But)  it  is-persisted-in:    and        each          side       possesses     gods,      and 

habent      animos,  quod      est  instar 

they   have  souls        [courage],     which          is          equivalent-to 

126]     deorum.     Nee          jam   petunt   dotalia   regna, 

gods.  Nor  do-'they  now     'seek-for        dotal    kingdoms, 

nec       sceptrum          soceri,      nee  te,    Lavinia  virgo, 

nor    the  sceptre          of  a  father-in-law,     nor  thee,      Lavinian         maid, 

sed  vicisse :  que        gerunt 

but     (that)  they  might-have-victory -and-conqnest:     and    they  continue 

bella  (pL)  pudore     deponendi.     Que  tandem 

the    war  through     shame    of        yielding.  And     at-length 

Venus   videt       victricia  arma  nati,  que  Turnus 

Venus       beholds  the  victorious       arms  of  (her)  son,       and         Turnus 

cadit,          Ardea          cadit,  dicta    potens 

falls,      (and)     Ardea     (too)     falls,     (a  city)  called      powerful  (while) 

130]   Turno  sospite.      Quam  postquam     barbarus  ignis 

Turnus  defended  (it).    Which   afterwards   the  barbarous         fire 

abstulit,    et        tecta   latuerunt  tepida 

destroyed,      and  the  houses     laid-buried    under    (heaps   of)    cooled  off 

favilla  (sing.) ;     praepes  turn  primum  cognita  subvolat 

ashes;  a  bird  then         first  seen  flies-up 

e      media*       congerie  (sing.) :  et  everberat       cineres 

from    amidst   the  ruins :  and         flaps         the  ashes 

plausis   alis.      Et         sonus,  et   macies,    et 

with   clapping    wings.      And  (its)    sound     [voice],  and    leanness,    a^-: 

pallor,    et   omnia,  quae     deceant 

paleness,   and     whole       (appearance),     which      bespeak     (the  fate  of) 

captam  urbem,       nomen          urbis  quoque  mansit 

the  captured         city,      the  name       of  the  city  too        continued 

185]    in    ilia:  et     ardea  ipsa  deplangitur     suis  pennis. 

upon    it:    and  tie  herou  itself     is-bewaiied    by  its-own      wings. 


LIBER   QUARTCS   DECIMUS.  411 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIV.  581—608.) 

APOTHEOSIS  1EXEJE. 

DEIFICATION    OP    JZNEAS. 

Que  jam  ^Bneia  virtus 

And     now     |  JSnian     virtue  [t'.  e.  the  bravery  and  merit  of  Jbeax] 

cocgerat      omnes      deos.    que   Junonem  finire 

bad-constrained     all      the  gods,  and-even       Juno         to-put-an -end-to 

veteres   iras  (pi) :       quum,  opibus 

(their)        old          resentment:         seeing-that,       the   works        [power] 

crescentis    Jlili  bene    fundatis,         Cythereius 

of  rising  Julus    'being     well       'established,     the  Cytherean 

heros    erat  tempestivus        coeli ;     que    Venus 

hero  was    (become)  ripe  for  heaven ;       and          Venus 

ambierat         Superos :  que  circumfusa           collo     sui 

had-solicited  the  Qods-above:    and         hanging       on  the  neck    of  her 

parentis,  dixerat:       *  Pater,     nunquam      [5 

parent         [father],     she   had-said:      '0  Father,  never 

dure  mihi     ullo  tempore,    oro  nunc 

unyielding  to  me       at  any         time,       I  pray   (that)  thou-'mayst    now 

sis   mitissimus ;    que  des  meo  JEneae,  qui     fecit      te 

'be      most-gracious;      and     give     my       JSneas,      who    regarded  the* 

avuiu         de    nostro          sanguine,    numen, 

(as  his)     grand-father        from        our       [my]         blood,  divinity, 

quamvis  parvum,  dummodo         des   aliquod. 

'as  petty       'as-you-will,       if-only       thou  givest  some. 

Est    satis  scmel  adspexisse       inamabile 

It      is      enough  (that)  he-'had     once  'beheld       the  unlovely 

regnum,  seinel    isse       per         Stygios    [io 

realm,          (that)  he-'had    onoe     'crossed    through  the  Stygian 

amnes.'  Dei  assense're :      nee 

streams       [lake].'       The  gods    'gave    (their)     'deliberate-assent:       nor 

regia    conjux    tenuit         vultus    immotos ;    que 

'did  the  royal         consort       'retain    (her)     looks        unmoved;          and 

annuit  placato     ore.  Turn 

nodded     'her)  'compliance  with  a  quiet  mouth    [smile].         Them 


412  OVTDII   METAMORPH. 

pater  ait,   'Estis     digni         coelesti   munere,    que 

the  father      says,  'You-are    worthy-of  the  heavenly  gift,          both 

qua    petis,    que       pro    quo         petis.         Nat», 

(thou)  who     dost-sue,     and  (he)   for     whom  thou  suest.          Daughter, 

15]    cape     quod         optas.' 

receive      what   thou  desirest' 

Fatus-erat.      Ilia  gaudet,  que  agit  grates 

He  bad-said.  She      rejoices,      and     gives      thanks  to  (her) 

parent! :  que,  invecta      junctis  columbis   per       leves 

sire :  and,       drawn     by  harnessed       doves      through  the  light 

auras  (pL),        adit          Laurens  littus,   ubi  Numicius 

air,  she  flies  to  the  Laurentian    shore,    where         Numicius 

tectus  arundine  (sing.)  serpit   in  vicina 

covered  [shaded]  with  reeds  creeps  towards  the  contiguous 

freta  flumineis  undis.  Jubet 

straits  [sea]    |  in       river-         waves     [»'.  e.  in  his  channel].     She  orders 

hunc   abluere  .ZEnese  qujecumque  obnoxia 

him        to-cleanse     -33neas       of-whatsoever  (about  him  was)  obnoxious 

2O]        morti,  et  deferre  sub      aequora  (pL) 

to  death,      and    to-'bear  (it)  'off    to    the  sea  in  (his) 

tacito    cursu.  Corniger    exsequitur         mandata 

still  course.         The  horned-god          carries-out        the  injunctions 

Veneris,     que     repurgat     et     respergit  suis 

of   Venus,  and      purges-away     and     sprinkles-over      with      his 

aquis  (pi-),  quidquid  fuerat  mortale  in  ^Eneae.      Optima 

water,  whatever        was         mortal      in    .JSueas.      The  best 

pars         restitit     illi.  Grenetrix  unxit        corpus 

part  (only)  remained  to  him.       (His)      mother      anointed  the  body 

25]  lustratum        divino    odore,  et  contigit 

(thus)      purified       with     divine         scent,    and     touched      (hi«) 

os  ambrosia"  mixta  cum  dulci  nectare,  que  fecit 

mouth  with  ambrosia         mixed     with    sweet        nectar,        and     made 

deum ;    quern        turba  Quirini    nuncupat 

(him)  a  god;  whom  the  multitude  of  the  Romans  call 

Indigetem,  que  recipit  templo  que  aris. 

Indiges,  and    received  [honoured]  with  a  ten  pie        and    sltari. 


LIBER    QUARTUS    DECIMU8.  413 


FAB.  III.     (Metam.  Lib.  XIV.  609—633,  772—851.) 

ALBANI    REGE8. 
THE    ALBAN    KINGS. 

Inde        Alba  que       Latina  res  fuit  sub          ditione 

Afterwards     Alba    and   the  Latian     state  was  under  the  sovereignty 

binominis  Ascanii.     Silvius  successit  illi :  quo 

of  the  two-named     Ascanius.          Silvius     succeeded     him :  |  from  whom 

satus,  Latinos,  tenuit        repetita  nomina 

the  son         [whose  son],     Latinus,      possessed   the  renewed  names 

cum  antique  sceptro :  Alba  subit        clarum 

together-with     the  ancient          sceptre :        Alba    followed  the  renowned 

Latinum :    Epitos         ex         illo.     Que  Capetus   que 

Latinus :  Epitus     directly-after     him.       And        Capetus        and 

Capys  post  hunc;    sed  Capys   fuit  ante.     Tiberinus 

Capys         after       him ;         but      Capys       was       first.  Tiberinus 

cepit  regnum  ab  illis ;  et,  de-      [5 

received     the  kingdom     from  them;    and    (who),     having-been- 

mersus  in       undis       Tusci  fluminis,  fecit         nomina 

drowned      in    the  waves   of  a  Tuscan       stream,       gave   (his)  name 

aquse.  De   quo   que   Remulus   que       ferox 

to  the  water  [river].     From  whom    both       Remulus        and      the   fierce 

Acrota    geniti-sunt :    Remulus        maturior        annis, 

Acrota  sprung :  Remulus       the  riper  in  years, 

imitator      fulminis,    periit  fulmineo  ictu. 

an  imitator        of  thunder,         perished     by  a  thunder-      stroke    [bolt]. 

Asrota,    moderatior  suo   fratre, 

Acrota,  more-moderate     [less  presumptuous]     (than)  bis      brother, 

tvadit  sceptrum  forti   Aventino:    qui    [io 

riin.smittcd       the  sceptre  to   Ihe  brave       Aventinus:       who 

jacet      positus  eodem     monte,  quo 

lies  placed     [buried]      in  the  same          mountain,       on  which 

regnurat,  que  tribuit  vocabula          monti. 

be  bad-reigned,     and     assigned         names      to  the  mountain. 

Que  jam  Proca  habebat      summani 

And      now       Proca          held       the   |  highest      (rank)  'got trnnient] 


414  OVIDH    METAMORPH. 

Palatinae  gentis.     Pomona  fuit  sub  ho« 

of  the  Palatine          nation.  Pomona       was  [flourished]  under   thia 

rege :  qu^,    nulla  inter       Latinas  Hamadryadas 

king:     (than)  whom,      none     among  the  Latin  Hamndryadea 

15]     coluit       hortos     sollertius,    nee       fuit       altera 

cultivated      gardens      more-skilfully,      nor     was-there     another 

studiosior     arborei  foetus :    unde        tenet         nomen. 

more-fond       of  tree-  fruit :         whence  she  has      (her)  name. 

Ilia  non        silvas,    nee    amnes :  amat 

She     (loves)     not      the  woods,         nor        streams:      (but)  she  loves 

rus,         et  ramos  ferentes  felicia  poma.     Nee  est 

the  country,      and   boughs       bearing          rich         fruits.          Nor        ii 

dextera  gravis  jaculo,    sed 

(her)  right  (hand)   heavy  [armed]  with  a  dart,  but    with  a 

aduncE      falce :  qua"        modo    premit    luxuriein 

crooked     pruning-knife :  with  which  'she  not-only  'represses  the  luxuriance 

20]    et    compescit        spatiantia    brachia          passim : 

and        lops-off        the  straggling  shoots        here-and- there : 

modo  inserit  lignum  fiss£i  cortice  :  et  prsebet 

but-alsu     inserts         wood  [a  scion]  in  the  cleft        bark :      and    supplies 

succos  (pi.)         alieno  alumno.      Nee        patitur 

sap  to  a  foreign      nursling.          Nor      does-she-suffer    (her 

sentire    sitim :    que    irrigat        recurvas   fibraa 

nursery)     to-feel        thirst:         but        waters      the  crooked  fibres 

24]  bibulae  radicis         labentibus  undis. 

of  the  soaking        root       with  gliding  streams. 

Miles  injusti  Amuli  proximus  rexit       Au- 

The  army       of  the  unjust      Amulius          next          ruled     the   Au- 

sonias       opes :  que        senex    Numitor    capit 

aonian          resources     [state] :     and      the  old  Numitor      recovers 

amissa    regna  munere  nepotum: 

the  lost  kingdoms     by  the  service     [valour]  of  (his)  grandsons : 

que         mosnia  urbis     conduntur  festis 

and      the   walls  of  the    city  are-built       during-the  festival)' 

165]   Palilibus.     Que  Tatius  que     Sabini  patres  gerunt 

of-Pales.  Both     Tatius     and  the  Sabine     fathers          wage 

bella :    que    Tarpeia,       vi&  arcis         reclusa, 

wars :          and        Tarpeia,     the  passage     of  the  citadel     being-opened. 


LIBER    QUARTUS   DECIMfs.  415 

exuit  animam  digua"      poena,      aruais 

|  cast-off  (her)  life  [expired]    in  deserved    punishment,      arms  [shields] 

congestis.  Indo  sati        Curibus 

being-thrown-upon    (her).     Afterwards  the  [  natives  of  Cures    [Sabines] 

premunt          voces  ore,          more  tacitorum 

repress         (their)  voices    in  the  mouth,    in-ttie-manner    of  silent 

luporura :     et     invadunt         corpora  victa 

wolves :  and       rush-upon      the    bodies      [Romans]    overpowered 

sopore,    que   petunt        portas,    quas  Iliades 

with    sleep,  and        attack     the   gates,  which     the   son-of-Ilia 

clauserat  firmo  objice.  Tamen   [170 

[Romulus]  had-shut-up  [secured]  by  a  strong      bolt.        However 

Saturnia   ipsa   recludit    unam,          nee   fecit 

Saturnia         herself      opened  one     (gate),    'but      made  'not  (any) 

strepitum        verso         cardine.      Venus  sola      sensit 

noise  in    turning     the   hinge.  Venus      alone    perceived 

repagula  portae         cecidisse :  et 

[that)  the  bars  of  the   gate  had-been-removed :         and 

(•lausura-fuit ;  nisi     quod         nunquam          licet 

xould-have-shut      (it);       but  that    it-'is   never  'permitted 

dis  rescindere       acta  defim.          Auso- 

(any)   god         to-annul       the  acts   of  the  (other)  gods.  The   Auio- 

niae  Naides  tenebant        loca  juncta  [175 

niun      Naiads         occupied     the  places   adjoining  to  (the  temple 

Jano,     rorantia  gelido   fonte: 

of)   Janus,         bedewing    [watering]    (them)     with   a  cold  spring: 

rogat  has        auxilium :  nee       Nymph  as  sus- 

ghe 'asks      these  'for  aid:  'and  the  Nymphs       "did  'not  'with- 

tinue're       deam  petentem        justa :          que  elicueYe 

stand         the  goddess      suing-for     (her)  proper-rights:    and    lured-forth 

venas    et    flumina      sui     fontis.     Tamen  ora 

h  •  veins        and      streams     of  their      spring.       However   the  mouthi 

patentis  Jani    nondum    erant 

[gate]  of  the  open  (temple  of)  Janus         'as-yet         were         not 

invia,      nee  unda  praecluserat       iter.  [iso 

impassable,  nor   had  the  wave  [water]     stoppe.l-up       the  way. 

Supponunt      lurida     sulfura  fecundr 

They  (then)    falsely  put  livid  sulphur          in  the  fertiliiing 

17 


416  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

fonti,    que    incdidunt         cavas    ven:xs  fumante 

spring,       and  fire  the   hollow        veins        with    smoking 

bitumine.  His    que    aliis      viribus,  vapor 

pitch.  By   these      and       other    violent-means,      the   vapour 

penetravit  ad       ima  (pi.)         fontis :  et  aquae 

penetrated         to   the  bottom          of  the  spring :     and  'ye  [those]  waters 

quae  modo"  audebatis    certare       Alpino    rigori, 

who  [which]    jurt-now         'dared  to-vie      for   Alpine  rigour, 

185]     ceditis  non  ignis     ipsis.  Gemini 

yield  not    (in  heat)  to  fires       themselves.     The  double 

postes  fumant  flammifera 

posts         (of  the  temple  of  Janus)    smoke        from  the   |  flame-bearing 

adspergine,  que       porta,  nequidquam 

sprinkling  [flaming   exhalation],  and    the  gate,  in-vain 

permissa  rigidis     Sabinis,          praestructa-fuit 

thrown-open         to  the  cruel  Sabines,         was-rendered-impassable 

novo  fonte,  dum       Martius  miles     indueret 

by  a  new       spring,     until    the  martial     [Roman]    army     could-put-ot 

arma.  Quag    postquam    Romulus  ultra 

arms  [armour].       Which         after-that          Romulus          on    (his)    part 

obtulit,  et       Romana  tellus  strata-est 

advanced  (against  the  Sabines),  and  the  Latian          plain       was-strewn 

190]          Sabinis  corporibus,    que    strata-est         suis ; 

with  Sabine  bodies,         and-even       strewn      with  itt-own 

que          impius      ensis      permiscuit 

[i.e.  Roman  bodies];      and       the    merciless       sword  mingled 

cruorem         generi     cum      sanguine  soceri : 

the  blood        of  the  son-in-law  with  the  blood          of  the  father-in-law : 

placet  tamen  bellum 

'but  it   found-favour      [was-agreed]      'at-last         (that)      the   war 

sisti  pace,  nee  decertare 

should-be-stayed  by  a  peace,  'and  (that)  thoy-'should  'not  "fight 

ferro  in        ultima  (pi.) ;  que          Tatium 

with  the  sword     to     the  last  (extremity);     and     (that)  Tatius 

accedere  regno. 

ihould-be-joined  in  tiie  kingdom  [share  in  the  royal  power]. 

Tatium    occiderat,    que  Romule,  dabas 

Tatius  had-perished.      and    'chou,  0  Romulus,     'didst-digpeus* 


LIBER    QUARTUS    DECIMUS.  417 

K-quata  jura  duobus   populis :  [196 

equal  laws  |  to  the  two  peoples      [to  both  people] : 

quum      flavors,  casside          posita,         adfatur 

when  Mars,          (his)       helmet  being-put-on,         addresses 

parentem   que       divum  quc  hominuin         talibus : 

the  father  both     of  gods          and  men         |  with   such 

'  Genitor,         tempus      adest,      quoniam 

(words)    [thui-j:    'Father,  the   time  is-at-hand,         since-that 

Romana  res     valet  magno        fundamine,  nee 

the  Roman         state  stands-firm  on  a  great   [broad]  foundation,         nor 

pendet   ab       uno     praeside,    solvere        praemia,    quaa 

depends       on     a   single       governor,         to-pay      the   rewards,       which 

promissa      mihi  que          digno  nepoti ;    et   [200 

(were)  promised      to   me        and  (your)  worthy   grandson;  and 

imponere          ablatum         terris  (pi-)       coelo.         Tu 

to-place  (him)    removed     from   earth  in   heaven.        Thou 

dixisti        mihi   quondam  praesente  consilio 

bast-said     to  me  formerly      (while)    present  in   an   assembly 

deorum,   (nam      memoro,        que      notavi        pia 

of  the  gods,  (for      I   remember     (it),    and     I  marked    gracious 

verba       memori  animo,)      erit     unus,  quern 

words     to-be-treasured-up  in  (my)  mind,)      he   shall-be    one,       whom 

tu       tolles     ad      sidera          cceli !  Summa 

thou     raisest-up    to  the  stars  of  heaven !      'May  |  the  highest 

tuorum    verborum  rata-sit.'  [2O5 

of  thy  words         [all  your  words]    'he-confirmed.' 

Omnipotens  annuit,         et  occuluit        aera 

The  almighty    (sire)  gave-a-nod-of-assent,  and     covered    the  heaven 

caecis  nubibus,  que  terruit       orbem        tonitru   et 

with    dark          clouds,         and     alarmed  the  land        with  thunder    and 

fulgure.       Quo    Gradivus    sensit   esse       signa    data 

lightning.        Which  .M  .--  observed   to-be  the  signals      given 

sibi  promissae  rapinie,  que  innixus         basts, 

to  himself  of  the  promised  booty,       and  leaning-on  (his)       lance, 

impavidus   conscendit,  et    increpu)t 

'be      undaunted  'mounted       (the  chariot),    and  (hi») 

equos,  presses  cruento    temone,  ictu    [21  o 

borsei,        pressed    by  the  ruthless      draught-tree,  witb  a  stroke 


418  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

verberis:    que    lapsus      per          pronum    ae'ra, 

#f  the   lash :  and       gliding      through    the    downward          air, 

constitit   in       summo    collo  ncmorosi   Palati, 

he  alighted         oc  the  highest          hill       of  the  woody  Palatine, 

que  abstulit        Iliaden  reddentem  regia 

and    carried-off  the  son-of-Ilia  [Romulus]  (while)     dispensing        royal 

jura         Quirites  jam    sui.  Mortale 

laws    to  the  Quirites     [Romans]    now  his-own  (people).      (His)     mortal 

corpus  delapsum-est     per          tenues  auras  (pi.),    ceu 

body  glided-down        through    the  thin  air,  like-as 

215]      plumbea  glans  missa  lata    funda,  solet 

a  leaden  ball      let-fly   from    the  whirling     sling,     is-wont 

intabescere          medio  coelo.         Pulchra   facies 

to-melt  in  the  middle  (of  the)  sky.  A  comely  aspect 

subit,       et        dignior  altis      pulvinaribus,      et 

succeeds,     and      more-suitable  to  the  lofty       temples-of-the-gods,    and 

forma      qualis       Quirini         trabeati. 

*  form          like-that-of      Quirinus    wearing-a-state-robe. 

Conjux  flebat          ut  amissum,  quiim  regia  Juno 

(His)      wife     lamented  (him)  as          lost,  when      royal      Juno 

220]    imperat  Irin  descendere  ad  Hersiliam  curvo 

orders  Iris        to-descend       to        Hersilia       by  the  arched 

limite,  et  sic  referre  sua  mandata          vacuae : 

way,         and  thus      carry       her     commands    to  the  bereft        [queen] : 

'  0  matrona,       prsecipuum  decus.    et   de       Latio,    et 

'  0     matron,          the  distinguished      glory,     both     of    the  Latian,   and 

de       Sabina    gente,  0    dignissima       fuisse 

of    the  Sabine  nation     [state],     0        most-worthy       to-have-beet 

tanti       viri     ante",  nunc  esse 

;the  wife)   of  so-great     a  man      before,     (and)     now     (worthy)     to-be 

conjux     Quirini,    siste    tuos    fletus  (pi-) :    et,    si 

the  wife          of  Quirinus,         stay        thy         weeping :  and,     if 

225]  est       tibi      cura       videndi  conjugis, 

there    is     to  thee     a  care      of  beholding     (your)  spouse, 

pete,    me  duce,  lucum,    qui     viret 

'repair,      I     (being)   the  guide,  'to  the  grove,       which     blooms  on  the 

Quirini   colle,    et    obumbrat       templum  Romani 

'juirinal         hill,       and          shades       the  temple          of  the  Roman 


LTBER    QUARTUS   DECIMD8.  41S 

regis.'     Iris  j«ret,  et   delapsa    in       terram   per 

king.'  Iri?     obeys,    and  gliding-down  to  the  earth          along  (her) 

pictos  arcus  (pi),  compellat  Hersiliam  jussia 

painted       bow,  addresses  Hersilia        with   the  enjoined 

vocibus.     Ilia,    vix      tollens          lumina       verecundo 

words.  She,    scarcely  lifting-up   (her)   eyes         with     modest 

vultu,  inquit,  *  0  dea,  (namque  est  nee  promtum   [230 

regard,       ?ays,       <  0  goddess,         (for      it  is     not  easy 

mihi    dicere  quae         sis,        et         liquet  ease 

for  me      to  say  who  yon  may-be,  ami-yet  it  is-plain  (that)  you-are 

deam,)  due,  0  due,         et      offer  ora 

a  goddess.)    le;iil,    0     lend  (me),  and  may-I-bear  (to  meet)  |  the  monthi 

conjugis     mihi  :  quae,  si 

[face]  of  the  husband      to  me       [tho  face  of  my  husband]  :  which,    if 

fata  mod6    dederint  posse    videre 

the  fates      may-'have      only          'granted        (that)  I  might  Me 

semel,       fatebor  accepisse  coelum. 

once-more,  I  shall-own  (myself)   to-have-been-ezalted  into  heaven. 

Nee  mora  ingreditur 

|  Nor    (is  there)     delay     [Immediately]    she  proceeds  to  the 

Romuleos    colles    cum       Thaumantea    virgine.     [235 

Roman  hills         »i;li  the  Thaumantian  virgin. 


Ibi      sidus,  Inpsum  ab  sethera,  decidit  in      terras 

Then  a  star,        gliding  from  heaven,          fell     upon  the  earth, 

crinia  Hersilinc  flagrans  a        lumine   cujus,      cessit 

the  hair    of  Hersilia        glowing  from  the  splendour  of  it,      she  mounted 

cum  sidere    in        auras.  Conditor 

together-wifh  tlu-  into   the  skies.  The  founder          of  the 

Romanae  urbis  excipit  hanc        notis  manibus, 

Roman  city    [state]    receives      her      with  open         bands  [anni], 

et    mutat          priscum  nomen  pariter  cum  [240 

and  changes  (her)         old  name          alike        with    (her) 

corpore,  que  vocat         Floram  ;  quae  nunc  eat         dea 

body,  and     calls      Luri       Flura;         who     now      Is     a  godd»w 

juncta     Quirino. 

joined       to  yuirinus. 


420  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 


LIBER  DECIMUS  QUINTUS, 

BOOK  THE  FIFTEENTH. 


FAB.  I.     (Metam.  Lib.  XV.  60—236,  453—478.) 

DOGMATA  PYTHAGOR^!. 

DOCTRINES      OF     PYTHAQORAS. 

Hlc  fuit  vir,  Samius 

HERE    [near  Crotona]  was  [lived]  a  man  [Pythagoras],  a  Samian 

ortu:  sed     fugerat          unH  et  Samon   et 

•y  birth :       but  he  had-'fled  at-the-same-time  'from  both     Samos    and 

dominos ;    que       erat         sponte    exsul  odio 

its)       rulers ;  and    was-become  a  voluntary       exile  from  a  hatred 

tyrannidis.    Que  is      adiit  mente  deos, 

»f  tyranny.  And   he  'approached  by  strength-of-mind  'to  the  gods, 

lice't  remotos  regione      coeli ;       et, 

although  (they  were)    far-remote     in  the  region          of  heaven ;      and, 

oculis  (pi)  pectoris,  hausit 

by  the  eye  of  (his)  breast        [reason],    he  drew-out  [traced] 

ea,  quse    natura    negabat      humanis 

those    (things),     which       nature  denied     to  human          [vulgar] 

visibus  (pi.)-     Que  quurn     perspexerat    omnia 

light.  And     when  he  bad-examined  all         (thinjrj) 

51  animo  et   vigili     cura,  dabat       in 

with  (his)  mind        and  sleepless  diligence,  he  communicated  for 

medium  discenda:         que     docebat 

th«   use-of-all    (those  things)    proper-to-be-learned:      and  he  taught 

coetum     que     silentum  que     mirantum 

MB  assemblage     both  of  silent  and  of  admiring      (disciples)  (hi*) 


LIBER    DECIMUS   QUINTU8.  421 

dicta,           primordia  ma<rni  mnndi  et      caussas 

layings,  the  first-beginnings    of  the  great          world     and  ths  cause.* 

renim,  et  quid  natura:  quid  deus: 

of  things,      and    what        nature     (might-be) :   what        god         [divine 

unde         nives  (pi-)',     quae      esset          origo 

uature] :     whence   the  snow;  what       might-be      the  source 

fulminis :  Jupiter,  an      venti  tonarent,    [io 

of  the  thunderbolt:  (whether)  Jupiter,   or  the  winds     thundered, 

nube    discussa" :     quid  quarteret      terras  (pi.) ; 

a  cloud  being-scattered :    what         |  shook     the  earth  [caused 

qua  lege       sidera  mearent ; 

earthquakes];  by  what     law    the  stars         wandered  (round  the  sun); 

et    quodcunque   latet.  Que      primus 

and  everytbing-that    lies-hid     (from  Tnlgar  eyes).       And  'he  first 

arcuit       animalia  imponi  mensis: 

'prohibited       animals    [animal  food]     to-be-served-up  at  the  tables 

quoque  primus  solvit        ora  (pi-)       talibus 

(of  men) :  'he  also  first      'opened  (his)  mouth        with  such 

verbis,  docta    quidem,    sed    not     et      ore- 

words      [as  follows],     learned        indeed,         but       not   in-fact       be- 

dita:  'Parcite,  mortales,  temerare 

lieved    (by  tbe  vulgar):      'Forbear,         mortals,  to-defile      ((your) 

corpora  nefandis  dapibus.  Sunt    [15 

bodies  [yourselve?]  with  execrable       feasts    [food].      |  There-are 

fruges,  sunt  poma, 

(to  ns)  [We  have]  fruits-of-the-earth,    |  there-are  [we  haT«]  fruit-trees, 

ramos  deducentia  suo       pondere,    que   tumidae 

(their)     boughs          bending         with  (ita)    weight,         and        swelling 

UV8B    in         vitibus :      sunt  dulces     herbae ; 

grapes    on  (our)      vines:       |  there-are  [we  hare]  agreeable          herbs; 

sunt  quae  queant  mitescere 

|  there-are  [we  have]  (herbs  of  a  ruder  kind)  which      may       be-softened 

que    molliri       flamma\       Nee  lacteus  humor 

and       mellowed  by  fire.  Neither   'U    |  the  milky  fluid 

eripitur        vobis,    nee    mella  (pi.)    redolentia 

[milk]     interdicted    to   us,  nor       honey  smelling-of 

flore     thymi.  Prodiga  tellus    [20 

'  the  flower  of  thyme    [fragrant  tbyrn*].     The  la»:*h  earth 


422  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

euggerit    divitias    que    mitia    alimenta  (pZ.),    atque 

furnishes  riches         and         mild         nourishment,  and 

praebet     epulas   sine     caede    et  sanguine.  Ferae 

provides-for  luxuries  without  slaughter  and        blood.          Wild-animals 

sedant          jejunia         came;         tamen  nee  omnes: 

allay        (their)     hunger     with  flesh;        'and       yet        "not  all: 

quippe       equus,  et  pecudes,  que  armenta  vivunt 

for  the  horse,      and        flocks,       and         herds  live       [feed] 

gramine.   At  quibus  est  ingenium 

upon  grass.  But  those  |  to  which    there-is  [which  have]  a  nature 

25]    que    immansuetum   que   ferum,   que       Armenisc 

both  untamed  and       fierce,       and    the   Armenian 

tigres,    que    iracundi    leones,    que    ursi  cum 

tigers,  and  ireful  lions,          and      bears       together- with 

lupis,   gaudent      dapibus  cum  sanguine. 

wolves,       delight      in       feasts      [food]     (reeking)     with  blood. 

Heu   quantum    est       scelus,           viscera  condi 

Oh,  such  is     the  impiety,    (that)    bowels  [flesh]    are-buried 

in  viscera,  que     avidum  corpus  pinguescere 

in      bowels  [the   stomach],   and   a   craving          body  fattened 

congesto    corpore,    que  animantem        vivere 

by  a  devoured  body,  and     (one)  living-creature     maintained 

30]  leto      alterius  animantis !      Scilicet, 

by  the  death  of  another      living-creature!     Is-it-possible  (then), 

in         tantis     opibus  (pl-}>    quas         terra,         optima 

amid      such-great     abundance,  which     the   earth,       the   best 

matrum,    creat,       juvat      te   mandere     nil        nisi 

of  mothers,         produces,     it-delights     thee      to-chew      nothing     except 

tristia  vulnera 

|  sad  wounds     [i.e.  the  flesh  of  slaughtered  animals]  with  (thy) 

ssevo      dente,    que   referre        ritus  Cyclopum? 

inhuman       tooth,       and      to-renew   the  customs  of  the  Cyclops? 

nec     poteris          placare        jejunia  voracis      et 

'and      canst-thou     'not  appease       the  cravings       of  a  ravenous      and 

35]    male   morati    ventris,    nisi  perdideris 

ill-         mannered        maw,       except      thou  ihalt-have- destroyed 

alium? 

mother  ? 


LIBER    DECIMUS   QUINTU8.  428 

'At   ilia   vetus   aetas,       cui         fecimus          nomen 

'But     that        old          age,      to  which  we  have-given     the  name 

A.tirea,  fuit    fortunata        arboreis    foetibus,      et 

Golden      fAge),     was  happy          in   tree-  fruits,          and 

herbir,     quas         humus    educat,    nee    polluit 

the  herbs,  which     the    #oil  produces,      'and       stained      *not 

or  a  cruore.     Tune  et      est  aves 

(their)  months     with  blood.  Then     also  it  is  [was]  (that)  the  birds 

tutse          movere          pennas   per        aera,  et     lepus 

out-of-danger    moved    (their)  wings      through    the  air,       and  the  hare 

impavidus     erravit  in      mediis  arvis :     nee    [40 

uuterrified  wandered    in  the  midst        of  the  fields :        'and 

sua      credulitas  suspenderat      piscem 

its-own       credulity    'had  'not  (as  yet)  'suspended         the  fish          by  the 

hamo.     Cuncta  erant  sine  insidiis, 

hook.  All       (thing*)   were     (as  yet)  without  snares-and-deceit, 

que   timentia   nullam    fraudem,    que   plena       pascis. 

and        dreading  no  fraud,          and        full        of  peace. 

Postquam        auctor  non  utilis, 

When  |  an  originator  [i.e.  a  contriver  of  something]  not       useful, 

quisquis    virorum  ille  fuit,  invidit  victibus, 

whoever      of  men  he      was,     envied     (us  this  simple)  food, 

que    demersit        corporeas   dapes   in         avidam    [45 

and     gorged-down  the  fleshy  banquets    in  (his)   craving 

alvum ;      fecit       iter  secleri,       que 

paunch;  made      a  way    [opened  the  door]     for  wickedness,      and 

putes  ferrum    maculatum          sanguine 

thou   way  st- imagine       the   sword  stained  with    blooa 

incaluisse        primd   &        c«de         ferarum.     Que   id 

tu-hiive-grown-hot  at-first  from  the  slaughter  of  wild-animals.     And  that 

fuerat     satis :    que        fatemus          corpora    petentia 

bad-been     enough:     ai»<i      we    confess       (that)   bodiei  seeking 

nostrum  letum  missa         neci  salvA 

our  death     (may  be,   .jiven-up     to-be-killed     without  violation 

pietate.     Sed  non  epulanda,  tain  quam    [50 

of  duty.  But   they-'must  not       'be-eaten,     its-well  us 

danda  neci.  Inde        nefas  abiit  longiu>. 

ieliverfJ-u|'     to-b«  killed.       Fr-m-that-time  impiety    M    .  /wthw. 


424  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

et        sus  putatur      meruisse  mori  prima 

and  the  sow  is-believed  to-have-deserved  by  bud-conduct  (U  be)  the  first 

hostia,    quia          eruerit  semina  pandc 

sacrifice,     because    she  had-rooted-up  the  seeds          with  (her)  bent 

rostro,    quo     interceperit          spem  anni. 

snout,  and          intercepted          the    hope       of  the   year   [season] 

Caper,  vite     morsa,      ducitur  mactatus  ad 

The  goat          (too),  the  vine  being-cropped,       is-led       butchered       at 

aras      Bacchi       ultoris.         Sua     culpa        nocuit 

the  altars    of  Bacchus   the  avenger.      |  Tueir-own    guilt    waa-injurious 

65]  duobus. 

to  the  two  [t.  e.  Both  suffered  for  their  own  fault].     (But) 

Oves,    quid        meruistis,           placidum   pecus,   que 

0   sheep,         what      have-you-deserved,     a   peaceful  flock,         and 

natum  in    tuendos    homines,         qua  fertis  nectar 

born        for  maintaining         men,          'you    who     'carry       drink  [milk] 

in  pleno    ubere;  quae    praebitis         nobis 

within  (your)  full  dug;         'you  who          'furnish          to   us 

vestras   lanas          mollia   velamina,  que 

vour  wool      'for  |  soft  garments     [delicate  clothing],    and 

juvatis  magis  vita,  qu&m  morte?  quid 

aid  more     by  (your)  life,         than      by  (your)  death  ?        what 

boves  meruere,     animal  sine  fraude  que  dolo, 

'have  the  oxen        'deserved,     a  creature  without    fraud       and     guile, 

60]    innocuum,     simplex,     natum     tolerare     labores. 

innocent,  simple,  born  to-endure  toil. 

Demum       est   immemor,  nee        dignus 

Indeed          he   is       unmindful-of  (past   services),     and-not    worthy-of 

munere  frugum,          qui  potuit  mactare 

the  recompense     of  the  products-of-the-field,     who      could          butcher 

suum         ruricolam,  modo  demto 

|  his-own      tiller-of-the-ground     [his    ox],    just-now     being-freed-from 

pondere  curvi        aratri :       qui       percuss!  t 

the  burden  of  the  crooked          plough:          who  struck 

securi    ilia    colla     trita  labore,       quibus 

with   an   axe  those     necks        worn       with    toil,          by   which 

65]  toties       renovaverat  durum      arvum, 

he-'had  so-often  'renewed  the   hard  field. 


LIBER    UECIMUS    QLINTCS.  425 

dederat          tot      messes.      Nee       est 

(through  which)  it-had-yielded      so-many       crops.  'And       it   is 

satis,    quod  tale   nefas  committitur  :       inscripse're 

not  enough,      that     such  a  crime       is-committed :     they  'ascribed 

sceleri  deos       ipsos,      que          credunt 

the   crime       'to    the   gods       themselves,      and     they   suppose      (tha.) 

supernum  numen  gaudere  cade  labori- 

tho  celestial  deity       is-pleased     with  the  slaughter    of  the   toil- 

feri  juvenci.  Victima     carens       labe,       et 

enduring    young-bullock.        A  victim  free-from       blemish,       and 

praestantissima      formal,  (nam     nocet  placu-    [70 

most-excellent  in   beauty,       (for    it   harms     (one)  to-have- 

isse,)  praesignis        vittis  et  auro,  sistitur  antfc 

been-pleasing,)     distinguished    by  fillets     and    gold,     ia-placed     before 

aras,  que  ignara  audit     precantem, 

the  altars,    and  not-knowing  (what  it  meant),  he  hears  the  praying 

que    videt  fruges         quas        coluit 

(of  the  priest),    and         sees       the  field-products       which      he   tilled 

imponi        suae     front!     inter       cornua,  que  percussa 

placed-upon    bis-own   forehead    between    the  horns,       and  struck 

inficit  sanguine      cultros 

(with  an  axe)  he  stains     with  (his)  blood  the  knives  (which  be  had) 

forsitan     prsevisos  in        liquida  unda.    [75 

perhaps       seen-beforehand     (reflected)  in     the  clear  waters. 

Protinus   inspiciunt       fibras    ereptas        viventi 

'They  immediately         'inspect       the  entrails      torn-from    the  living 

pectore,    que        scrutantur  mentes 

breast,  and      carefully-search-out     the  minds  [sentiments]     of  the 

deum    in   illis.       Unde  homini  tanta 

gods       from   them.        Whence    |  (is)  to  men         [have  men]     to-great 

fames  vetitorum  ciborum  ?     Immortale 

hunger  [greediness]  of  [after]       vicious  food?  0  immortal 

genus  audetis          vesci  ?  Quod,     oro,  ne 

race          dare-you  (then)  to-e:it      (it)?      Which,    I  entreat,    do-'ye  not 

facite,  et     advertite  animos       nostria    [80 

'bring-to-pass,       and  turn        (your)    minds        to  our  [my] 

monitis :       que      quuin          dabitis  membra 

admonitions:       and       aa-ioon-as    you-sball-give     the   limbt       IB****] 


426  OVIDII    MBTAMORPH. 

caesorum  Doum  palato,  scite  et  sentite         vo* 

of  slaughtered      oxen     to  the  palate,       know  and       feel      (that)  700 

vnandere  vestros  colonos. 

devour  your          farmers. 

Et  quoniam     deus     movet          ora  (pl.\ 

Aal       since       a  god       |  moves      (my)    mouth          [inspires   me^ 

rite  sequar  deum   moventem        ora(j?Z.); 

I-1  will  duly    'follow  [obey]  the  god  |  moving      (my)    mouth 

que      recludam    meos    Delphos, 

[inspiring  me];      and     I  may-disclose    my-own       Delphi     [mysteries], 

que  ipsum  aethera,  et   reserabo 

and-even   the  very          heaven      [{.  e.  divine  things] ;   and   shall-reveal 


85]         oracula 

the  oracles 

magna, 

great            (things), 

augustaB    mentis. 

of  the   august               mind. 

nec       investigata 

not               found-out            by 

Canam 

I   can-sing-of 

ingeniis 

the   men-of-geniui 

priorum,  que  quae  latuere  diu. 

of  former         (times),  and    which  have-been-concealed  for-a-long-while. 

Juvat  ire       per         alta   astra:     juvat, 

It  pleases    (me)    to-travel    along    the   high       stars:      it  pleases    (me), 

terris    et          inerti    sede          relictis,  vehi 

the  earth        and    (its)    listless      abode      being-left-bchind,    to-be-borne 

nube,  que   insistere         humeris     validi  Atlantis : 

by  a  cloud,      and  to->i;i:,  i-upon  the  shoulders   of  mighty  Atlas: 

que    procul   despectare  homines  palantes  passim 

and  at-a-distance       to-view  men        wandering  hither-and-thither 

90]    ac  egentes  rationis,  que  sic  exhortari 

and  |  wanting    care       [without  concern],    and  thus  to-enoourage 

que  trepidos  que  timentes         obitutu, 

(them)  both     trembling    and        fearing       j  the  downfall     [t.  e.  for  th« 

que  evolvere       seriem     fati. 

•tate  of  future  things],    and      to-unroll     the  chain      of  destiny. 

*  0  genus,     attonitum       formidine      gelidse 

•0    (feebl;)       race,  alarmed       by          awe  of   ice-cold 

mortis  !  quid    timetis    Styga,  quid  tenebras  (pi-} 

Jeath !  why   do-you-dread     Styx,       why  (dreait     darkness 

et    vana    nomina,        materieui  vatura,    que 

mid    empty          names,      the  materials         [tbemefi]     if  poets,  and 


LIBER    DECIMUS    QUINTDF.  42? 

pericula          falsi    mundi?     Sive  rogus    [95 

fcc  dangers     of  an  imaginary    world?       Whether  fHe  funeral-pile 

abstulerit  corpora          flamma",  BCU  vetustas 

iihall-have-congumed  (our)  bodies        in  th»  flame,  or  "l.i-n-e 

tabe,      putetis  non  posse    pati   ulla 

by  ft  waating-away,      think          noi       ttliat  we)         ran        suffer       any 

mala.  Animae     carent     morte;    quc, 

(real)     evils.         (Our)      souls       are-frec-from     death;        and,     (their) 

pri<>v^    sedc  relicta,  receptae        novis 

former    habitation    being-lefUbehind,     (they  are)  received    into   new 

doniibus,  habitant  semper  quc    vivunt.     Ipse 

(which)  they  inhabit  forever      and  live-nt-ease.      Even 

ego    (nam     memini)  eram    Euphorbus         Pan- 

I  (for      I  remember  (it  well))     was          Euphoria.       the  son-of- 

tho'ides          tempore          Trojani    belli,         cui    [ioo 

Pantbous,  in  thi-  time  of  the  Trojan  war,    'for  whom 

gravis  liasta         minoris  Atridae         quondam 

the  heavy       fj'<.'.ir  of  the  lesser  [younger]  son-of-Atreus  'was  formerly 

haesit     in         adverse     pectore.          Nuper      cognovi 

fixed          in  (my)  opposed  breast.  'I  lately  'recollected 

clypeum.        gestamina     nostrae         laevae,  in 

the  shield,  the  load  of  our  [ray]      left    (arm),     i» 

templo     Janonis          Abanteis  Argis.     Omnia 

the  temple      of  Janus        at  the  Al...i.r«;in         Arg-s.  All  (thing*) 

mutantur  :     nihil     interit.  S])iritus     errat,      et 

are-changed:      nothing         dies.  'Ine   n>u\  wanders,     and 

venit  illinc    buc,    hinc   illuc,    et   occupat  quos-    [106 

comes    i    <jucu     hither,     hence    thither,    and        seiiea         |  all- 

libet  artus:  q«e  transit       ^ 

»nd-every  Join:  at'l  -limb    [i.  e.  any  body  it  will]  :    and       passes      from 

feris  in    humana  corpora,  que  noster  in 

wiM-nniiuals     into       l.nuj.m  b  •  >K  •=.         snd        ours    (in  turn)  into 

ncc    deperit  ullo    tempore.     Que    ut 

'.UK!        piTMj'--    :    '   ft'  mue.  And        as 


ccra    .signatur          m.vis  iiguris,  ncc    u- 

'.he    pliant        WKX      is-imprinttd  with  new          figure*,   neither  r 

ut      furnit,  nrc  ^rrvat       fas<lem  f"  [11C 

w    u  w.i.-.  nor     ret;iiu»  the  sanie  l»rn  -.        '•'" 


428  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

tamen  ipsa  eadem :    sic     doceo  animam 

nevertheless     the  very        same:         so    I  teach      .that)  th»  soul 

esse  semper       eandem,  sed  migrare  in  varias  figuras. 

is  ever       the   same,  but     migrates     into  different      shapea. 

Ergo,        ne     pietas  sit     victa  cupidine 

Therefore,    'that        piety   'may  'not  'be     sacrificed    by  the  desire 

ventris,  parcite,    vaticinor,  exturbare  cog- 

of  the  stomach,        forbear,    I  prophesy,          to-drive-out    [expel]     kin- 

natas     animas      nefanda      caede,      nee  sangui? 

dred  souls      by  impious  murder,         nor     'may  blooc 

115]     alatur  sanguine. 

'be-nourished  by  blood. 

'Et  quoniam     feror  magno  aequore,  que 

•And          since      I  am-borne  (along)  in  a  great  sea,  and 

dedi         plena  vela          ventis :    est     nihil  in       toto 

bave-given       full       sails  to  the  winds:      there-is  nothing  in  the  whole 

orbe     quod        perstet.  Cuncta  fluunt,    que 

universe    that      remains-steadfast.  All    (things)    pass-away,     and 

omnis    imago    formatur    vagans.        Tempora        ipsa 

every      mere-form  is-disposed-to  wandering.     The  times         themselves 

quoque  labuntur  motu,  non   secus    ac 

"are  also  'unstable  in  (their)  moving,  |  not  otherwise  than  [just  as] 

120]      flumen.     Enim  neque  potest   flumen  consistere, 

a  river.  For       neither       can     a  river  stop, 

nec       levis  hora  :  sed,  ut  unda  impellitur     undd,  que 

nor    the  fleet       hours :      but,     as    wave      is-impelled  by  wave,       and 

prior  urgetur       veniente,  que     urget 

(that)  before  is-pressed-upon  by  (that)  coming,          and  (this)  follows-up 

priorem :    sic        tempora      pariter      fugiunt,  que 

>e   former:  so    the  times  in-like-manner     flee-away,     and 

pariter     sequuntur :  et  semper  nova-sunt: 

'are  in-like-manner      'followed :       and  they-'are  ever  'renewed : 

nam         quod  fuit  ante     relictum-est,     que         quod 

for     (that)   which     was    before  bas-been-left-behind,    and  (that)  which 

baud  fuerat,     fit,     que  cuncta  momenta  novantur. 

'has    not        'been,    ia-made,     and        all       circumstaices  are-changed. 

125]  Cernis       et  noctes          emersas 

Thou   seest          not  only    (that)    the  night*        having-dawned 


LIBER   DKCIMUS   QUINTD8.  429 

tendere   in        lucem,     et     hoc  riitidum  jubar 

stretch-out  into  Oie  light,       but-also  this  (that)  the  shining      radianc* 

succedere        nigrae    nocti.      Nee    color    est       idem 

takes-the-place  of  dark  night          |  Nor      colour        is    the  lame 

coelo,  quftm    cuncta 

to  Leaven    [Nor  has  heaven  the  same  face],     when  all      (thing?) 

jacent    lassa       quiete,  que  quum        Lucifer      exit 

lie  wearied    in   rest,  and      when    the  Morning-Star     risea 

clarus          albo  equo :  que  rursus  alius,  quiim 

bright  on  (his)  white  steed:     and      again  another  (face  succeeds),  when 

Pallantias,      praevia  lucis,  inficit      orbem    [130 

Aurora,  loading-the-way  of  the  light,     tinges  the  world 

tradendum  Phcebo.         Ipse  clypeus  dei 

about-to-be-surrendered  to  Phoebus.     The  very     shield  [disk]  of  the  god 

rubet          mane",          quum  tollitur 

[Phoebus]  reddens  early-in-the-morning,   when  it  [t.  e.  the  orb]  is-lifted-up 

im&   terria,    que    rubet  quum     conditur 

[rises]  from  the  lowest     earth,    and-also  reddens     when    it  is-laid-up 

ima  terra :  in        summo  est    candi- 

[sets]  in  the  lowest    enrtli :     in    (its)  highest  (course)   it  is     dazzling- 

dus,     qu6d         natura          aetheris    illic    est    melior, 

white,     because    the  nature      of  the  air  yonder     is  better, 

que  procul        fugit  contagia  terras.     [135 

and         far         reiuoved-from      the  infections     of  the  earth. 

Nec  potest       forma     nocturnce  Dianae  unquam  esse 

Nor          can      the  figure     of  nocturnal  Diana  ever  b# 

par  aut      eadem :  que  si  crescit,  hodierna 

alike   or   the  same :         and    if  it  [i.  e.  the  figure]     grows,  to-day'i 

est  semper  minor  sequente ;  si 

is         always         less    (than  that  of )  the  following    (night);    if-however 

contrahit        orbem,  major. 

it  contracts        (its)     disk,        greater. 

4  Quid  ?  non    adspicis       annum,    peragentem 

'What?    do-'you      not          'behold     the  year,  describing 

imitamina      nostrae    oetatis,    succedere    in  quatuor 

the  re.-umbl.'inces  of  our  life,  revolve  n  four 

species?  Nam  IP.VO  vere  [14O 

•ontours     [sea.M'ii.-]  ?         F..r     in   il-yung    spring     it    [i.  #    the 


430  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

est   tener   et   lactens,    que      simillimus 

year]     is       tender    and     Buckling,      and       resembling-most   the   age 

pueri.  Tune          herba          nitens,  et  expers 

of  a  child  [infancy].     Then   springing-vegetation   shining,    but    void-of 

roboris,   turget,   et  est  insolida ;    et     delectat 

»trengtb,         swells,     and    is  elated ;       and  it  seduces     [delightt  j 

agrestes          spe.     Turn  omnia  florent;  que 

the  husbandmen    with  hope.       Next      all       (things)     flourish;       and 

alums    ager   ludit  coloribus  florum ; 

the  bounteous    field       sports  in  the  colours    [attire]     of  (its)  flowers; 

145]    neque   ulla   virtus    est    adhuc    in        frondibua. 

but-not      any        worth        is         as-yet      in     the  leaves. 

Post    ver,        annus  robustior,      transit      in 

After    spring,   the  year        (becomes)         stronger,        passes-over    into 

aestatem,    que      fit        valens    juvenis.     Enim    neque 

summer,  and     becomes  a  vigorous        youth.  Indeed      neither 

ulla  aetas  est  robustior,  nee    uberior :    nee 

any       age      [season]     is     more-robust,    nor    more-prolific:     nor   (any) 

quas  ardeat  magis.  Fervore  juventae       posito, 

that  may-'glow  more  'with-heat     The  heat       of  youth     being-foregone, 

autumnus    excipit,    maturus,    que    mitis,          medius 

autumn  succeeds,          mature,         and        mild,    in  the  middle 

150]        temporie     inter    que    juvenem   que      senem, 

of  temperature    between    both  a  youth  and  an  old-man, 

canis  quoque  sparsus       tempora.     Index  senilis 

gray-hair  'having     also     'bestrewed  (his)  temples.         After-that          old 

hienus  venit,  horrida,        tremulo  passu,   aut    spoliata 

winter        comes,      frightful,   with  tottering         step,      either       stripped 

suos,  aut  alba  capillos  (/>/.),  quos     habet. 

fas  to)  bis-own,  or    white  (as  to)  the  hair,  which  he  has. 

N^ostra  corpora  quoque          ipsorum  semper  vertuntur, 

bodies          too       'are  of  themselves     always  'changed, 

que    sine    ulla  requie :    nee  erimus        eras 

ninl    without    any         rest:         'and  we-'shall  'not        *be       to-morrow 

155]    ve      quod     fuimus,      ve    sumus.         .... 

either     what     we-have-been,     or         are     (now) 

Infans  editus  in  lucem  jacuit  sine 

Hit  infant       (thus)     brought   to       light          laid       (at  firstj     without 


LIBER    DECIMUS   QUINTUS.  481 

viribus  (/>£•) :  mox  quadrupes,  quo    tulit   sua 

strength :  soon  (he  crawled)    on-all-fours,      and    liltcd-up    bit 

membra  ritu         ferarum :     que       paulatim, 

limbs  after   the   fashion     of  wild-beasts:       and    by  degree*, 

tremens,    et  poplite   nondum      firmo,  ooa- 

shaking,         and     (his)  knee  not-yet      being-firm,        ha  itood- 

stitit  nervis        adjutis  aliquo    conamine. 

upright,  (hie)  nerves        being-supported      with   some  exertion. 

Inde  fuit     valens    que   velox :   que   transit 

From-that-time   he   became    strong       and        fleet:          and          pasties 

spatium       juventae,     et,         annis        medii     [ies 

the   time  of  youth,  and,     the  years        of  middle 

temporis           quoque  emensis,      labitur     per          de- 
time   [life]   'being  also  'measured,  he  glides        through  the  down- 

clive  iter      occiduae  senectae.     Haec         submit     que 

vr  ml      path   of  declining        old-age.  This  (last)  undermines    and 

demoluur         robora  (pi.)  prioris  aevi : 

breaks-down     the  strength  of  (his)    [  former     age  [past  term  of 

que  Milon        senior    net,    quum       spectat  illos 

life]:   and         Milo      the  elder      laments,     when      he   sees  thoso 

iiuidos    lacertos  pendere   inanes,    qui    fuerant  similes 

weak  arms  hang        powerless,  which    bad-been  like 

Herculeis  mole    solidorum  tororum.    [170 

to  the  Herculean    (arms)  by  a  mass  of  firm  muscles. 

Tyndaris  qu6que  flet,    ut        adspexit 

The  daughter-of-Tyndarus  [Helen]      also      laments,  as  she  looked  upun 

aniles        rugas        in  speculum :    et  requirit 

the  old-woman's    wrinkles     through     the  mirror:  and      it.  . 

secum,      cur  bis    rapta-sit.  Tempus     edax 

with-herself,  why  she-'was  twice  'carried-away.     (Thou)  time,     the  tooth 

rerum,  que  tu  invidiosa  vetustas       destruitis    [175 

of  things,       and  thou,     envious  age,        you  destroy 

omnia,  que    consumitis  paulatim        lent£ 

all  (things),    and  consume      (them)     gradually     by  a  slow 

morte,     omnia  vitiata  dentibus 

death,  all       (things)    haring-been-marred       oy   the   teeth 

aevi 

if  age.  .        . 


432  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

'Tamen  ne   exspatiemur  longd 

'But-at-last     'that  we-*may  'not          "expatiate         to-a-great-length 

equitis      oblitis      tendere     ad         metam;  coelum 

(my)  horses      being-forgetful     to-turn     towards  the  goal;  heaven 

et    quodcunque  est   sub   illo,  que        tellus,   et  quid- 

and          all-which          is      under      it,       and     the  earth,      and     what- 

quid  est  in  ilia,  imrautat  formas,         nos  quoque 

ioever     is     in      it,         changes         forms,       'may  we  too          (who 

pars  mundi,  (quoniam        sumus  non  solum 

are)  a  part      of  the  world,         (since-now     we   are  not          only 

395J     corpora,    verum    etiam   volucres    animae,    que 

bodies,  but-truly        also  fleeting  souls,          and 

possumus    ire    in    ferinas   domos,    que       condi       in 

may  go      into       brute-        abodes,        and     be-concealed      in 

pectora     pecudum,)  sinamus  corpora,  quae  possunt 

the  breasts       of  cattle,)  'suffer  bodies,       which  may 

habuisse  animas     parentum,  aut     fratrum,  aut 

have-possessed     the  souls          of  parents,  or     of  brothers,          or 

junctorum  nobis         aliquo    foedere,    aut 

of  (those)  connected  with    us  by   some  bond,  or 

400]     certe          hominum,     esse     tuta     et     honesta, 

certainly      of  men,  to-be     secure     and       honoured, 

neve       cumulemus  viscera  Thyesteis 

neither      may-we-overload     (our)    bowels    [stomach]  with    Thyestean 

mensis.     Quam  mal£      ille     consuescit,    quam  impius 

meals.  'As       badly    'as  be     accustoms-himself,      so        impious 

parat        se  humano   cruori,    qui   rumpit 

he  provides     himself    with  human  blood,         who       rends    [cuts] 

guttura  (pi-}         vituli  cultro,    et    praebet 

the   throat  of  a   calf        with   (his)   knife,         and      j  lends 

immotas  aures  mugitibus,  aut  qui 

unmoved        ears      [listens  unmoved]  to  (its)  lowings,  or     who 

potest    jugulare      hoedum    edentem    vagitus    similes 

can  slaughter      a   kid  uttering        bleatinga  like 

405]  puerilibus;    aut   vesci        alite,         cui 

to  (those  of)  children ;  or          eat      the   bird,      to  which 

ipse        dedit     cibos !  (pi.)     Quantum     est, 

'he  himself  lhas-given     food !  How-much      is-there   (here) 


LIBER    DECIMUS   QU1NTU8.  488 

quod      desk       in    istis    ad    plenum     facinus  ?    quis 

that        Is-wanting       in      those       to        satiated       wickedness?      what 

transitus   paratur        inde  ? 

a  passage         is-furnished     thenceforth  ? 

'  Bos  aret,  aut  imputet  mortem 

"May  the  ox  'plough  [suffer  the  oz  to  plough],  or      impute  (his)  death 

senioribus  annis.  Ovis  ministret    arma    [410 

to   older  years.     'May  [let]  the  sheep       'supply    (us)  arms 

contra     horriferum     Borean :  saturac 

[shelter]   against  terrible  Boreas :      'may  [let]  the  sated 

capellae   dent  ubera   pressanda  manibus. 

goats  'give      (us  their)  udders      to-be-pressed    by  the  hands. 

Tollite  retia  cum  pedicis,   que   laqueos,   que  dolosaa 

Banish         nets       with        fetters,       and         snares,        and      deceitful 

artes :      nee          fallite  volucrem  viscata 

artifices :     neither    conspire-against    the   bird  with  a  limed 

virgsl:    nee  includite       cervos         formidatis   pinnis: 

twig :  nor          scare        the  deers        with    dreaded  feathers  : 

nec  celate        uncos  hamos          fallacibus  cibis.     [415 

uor          hide     the  crooked    hooks    under  fallacious          baits. 

Si  qua  nocent,    perdite,  verum  quoque 

If      any    (animals)    are-noxious,      destroy     (them),  but-yet  also 

tantum  perdite  haec.  Ora       vacent      epulis, 

only  destroy     these.     'May  (our)  mouths   'be-free-from    banquet* 

que     carpant     alimenta  (pi-)   con- 

[the   blood   of  animals],   and      make-use-of        |  food  tuit- 

grua. 

able        (for  us)   [».  «.  Tegetable  food]. 


FAB.  II.     (Metam.  Lib.  XV.  746—870.) 

JULIUS   CJB6AR    MUTATU8     IN  COMANTEM    8TELLAM. 

JULIUS      CJSSAR     CHANGED    INTO    A    HAIRY  STAR 


Csesar   est  deus   in     sua     urbe  :    quern, 

Casar          is     (adored  as)  a  god        in     bis-own     city:          whom, 

praecipuum  Marte   que          togA,  non 

distinguished       (both)   in   war  and     in    purple-robe     [peace],     not 


134  OVIDH   METAJMORFH. 

6ella   finita       triumphis,       que  res          gestse 

wars        ended     by    triumphs,  but-rather      (he   affairs     transacted 

domi     que        properata  gloria  rerura,     vert^re 

it-home    and     the   rapid  glory     of  (his)  deeds,       transformed 

tfiagis  in      novum      sidus,      que      comantena 

«fore-completely    int;    &   new  constellation,     and    |  a  hairy 

•iellam,  qudm   sua   progenies 

,tar  [t.  e.  a  star  with  a  hairy  train],     than     his-own          progeny. 

5]      Ncque     enirn  ullam     opus     de  actia 

'And  indeed       'not  any  work         of    (all)     the  acts 

Caesarit.    est    rnajus,    quam    quod      existit        pater 

of  Caesar  is       greater,         than          that    he    is  the   father 

hujus.  Scilicet     est     plus  domuisse 

of  this  [Augus>tkBJ.         Truly      it  is     a  greater  (glory)  to-havo-subdued 

sequoreos  Britannos,  que       egisse  victrices 

the  sea-surrounded       Britons,         and     to-have-urged  (your)  victorious 

rates   per  septemflua     flumina  papyri- 

fleets    through  the  sevenfold-flowing      rivers  [mouth.*]  of  the  papyrus- 

feri      Nili :  que    adjecisse          rebel les  Numidas,  que 

bearing    Nile:      and    to-have-added     the  rebellious     Numidians,     and 

10]      Cinyphium    Jubam,    que    Pontum,      tumentem 

Cinyphian  Juba,          and          Pontus,  |  swelling-up 

Mithridateis  nominibus, 

with  Mithridateun  names        [proud  of  the  name  of  Mithridates], 

populo       Quirini,     et  meruisse        multos, 

to   the  people        of  Quirinus,        and          to-have-merited  many, 

egisse  aliquos,  triumphos ;  quam  genuisse 

to-have-celebrated     some,          triumphs;       than    to-have-been-father-of 

tantum      virum,  quo  praesidc 

Bo-great      a   man,         (by    decreeing)     to  whom       |  the   presiding-over 

rerum,  Superi,  abunde 

•f  civil-affairs  [f.  e.  the  sovereign  rule],  'ye,  0  Gods-above,  'Lave  abundantly 

cavistis      humano  generi.     Igitur   ne   hie 

'cared-for  the  human  race.        Therefore  "that    this  (prince^  'might 

15]          foret     cretus  mortali  semine,  ille 

'not    'be   a  descendant  of  (mere)  mortal    seed,          he  [his  father] 

faciendus-erat    deus.     Quod      ut  aurea 

was-to-be-made       a  god.  Which  os-soon-as  the  golden     [beautiful] 


LIBER    DECIMDS    QUINTUS. 

genitrix     JEncx  vidit,        quoque      vidit,  triste 

mother        <>f  2Enens     observed,  'she  also       'comprehended  (that)  a  sad 

letum      parari  pontifici,  et  arma 

death     wns-preparing  for  the  high-priest;  and  (that)  the  arms   [warriors] 

conjurata  moveri.  Palluit,     et   dicebat 

having-sworn-together     were-moving.     She  turned-pale,   and  said 

cunctis      divis,    ut          erat  obvia     que     cui 

to   all  the  gods,  just-as     she  met  (them)  in  the-way    and  to  any 

'Adspice  quanta       mole         insidiae 

[erery]     (one),      'Behold         with   how-great    a  mass    of  ambuscades 

parentur        mihi,    que         quanta1  [20 

they  are-prepared   for  me,  and  with  how-much   (treachery) 

cum         fraude       caput    petatur,    quod  solum  restat 

aiong-with  deception  the  head       is-assaulted,       that        alone     remains 

mihi  de  Dardaneo  Julo.  Ne  sola  ero  semper 

to  me        of      Dardanean    Julus.       Shall-'I  not    alone     'be  ever 

exercita        justis  curis  ?  quam     modo         Calydonia 

disquieted    with  just          cares?       whom     just-now   the   Calydonian 

hasta  Tydidae  vulneret,  nunc 

spear    of  the  son-of-Tydeus    [Diomedes]     may-wound,    at  another-titne 

moenia     Trojae  mal&  defensae  con-    [26 

the  walls        of  Troy        badly  [unsuccessfully]  defended     may- 

fundant,  qua;      videam           natum    actum 

disconcert    [overwhelm],    so-that  I  may-see       (my)      son  driven 

longis  erroribus,     que  jactari  freto, 

into   distant     wanderings,    and-even     to-be-tossed-about  by  the  sea, 

que  intrare          sedes  silentum,          que  gerere 

and      to-enter  the  habitations  of  the  silent        [dead],     and      to-wage 

bella  cum  Turno,  aut  magis,  si  fatemur       yera  (pi.), 

wars       with     Turnus,      or       rather,     if      we-own      the  truth, 

Juncne?         Quid  nunc     recordor      antiqua 

irith  Juno?          (But)  why    do-'I  at-this-time     'recollect  the  ancient 

damna   mei  generis  ?     Hie  timor 

injuries  of  my          race  ?  This  (my  present)   dread    [apprehension] 

non  sinit  meminisse    priorum:  [30 

-may  not   'permit  (me)  to-have-recalled       former        [past]  (ills): 

cernitis  sceleratos  enses         acui         in     me. 

ye   perceive  (that)  the  impious          swords    arc  sharpened  against     •«. 


436  OVIDIT   METAMORPH. 

Quos,  precor,         prohibite,   que   repellite 

Which  do-'ye,  (gods!)  I  beseech    (ye),        'forbid,          and         ward-off 

facinus :     neve     extinguite          flammas       Vestse 

the   crime .  neither   do-ye-extinguish  the  blazing-fire     of  Vesta 

caede  sacerdotis.' 

by  the  murder    [blood]    of  the  high-priest     [»'.  e.  Julius  Caesar].' 

Venus         anxius         nequidquam  jacit  talia  verba 

Venus     full-of-anxious-care         fruitlessly        uttered    such       wordi 

toto  coelo,  que  movet         Superos:    qui, 

(of  complaint)  in  all      heaven,    and       moves     the  Gods-above:     who, 

35]    quamquam       possunt  non  rumpere       ferrea 

although          they  can  not         break       the  iron        [hard] 

decreta         veterum  Sorororum,  tamen 

decrees     of  the  ancient          Sisters  [t.  e.  the  Parea,  Fates],  nevertheless 

dant  baud  incerta  signa          futuri  luctus. 

give         not      uncertain     signs  of  the  |  future      sorrow     [approaching 

Ferunt  arma  crepitantia  inter 

disaster].     They  tell  [people  tell  us]  (that)   arms          rattling          midst 

nigras   nubes,    que   terribiles    turbas,  que    cornua 

the  black          clouds,       and         frightful         sounds,       and      trumpets 

audita      coelo,    praemonuisse  nefas.  Tristis 

heard       in  heaven,    gave-warning-of  the  impious-deed.      The  troubled 

40]    imago    Solis  quoque  praebebat  lurida  lumina 

image     of  Sol  [the  sun]         too          gave-out        pale  beams 

sollicitis  terris  (pi-)-     Faces  saepe 

to  the  disturbed      earth.  Torches  [meteors]  (were)  frequently 

vis33  ardere  sub       mediis  astris :  cruentae 

seen     to-blaze  |  under  the  middle      stars  [amidst  the  stars] :         bloody 

guttae   saepe   cecid£re  inter  nimbos,       et  Lucifer 

drops     frequently        fell        during  the  sudden-showers,  and      Lucifer 

cserulus  vultum,     sparsus-erat 

[the  Morning  Star]  dark-blue  (as  to  his)  appearance,      was-overspread 

atr&  ferrugine ;         lunares  currus  sparsi- 

with  a  black  dusky-colour;    |  the  lunar        chariots  [the  moon]      were- 

45]    erant  sanguine.         Stygius         bubo  dedit 

bespattered  with  blood.  The  Stygian  [fatal]     owl         gave 

tristia    omina          mille  locis :         ebur 

lad  omens     in  a  thousand      [innumerable]      places:      the    ivury 


LIBER    DECTMUS   QUINTU8.  437 

lacrimavit  mille 

ft.  e.  statuts  made  of  ivory]        wept  in  •  thousand  [innumerable] 

locis,  que    cantus     et  minantia  vcrba  feruntur 

places,    and  incantations  and  threatening    wonls       are-said     (to  hare 

auditi  sanctis   lucis.     Nulla   victima    lhat: 

been)     heard     in  the  sacred        groves.  No  victim       gives-*. 

que      fibras  monet  magnos 

favourable-omen :  and  the  fibres   [entrails]    foretell    that  the  great 

tumultus    instare:    que      caesum   caput   reperitur   in 

commotions  arc-at-band :     and    a  severed         head          is-found         in 

extis.      Que        ferunt  nocturnes   canes    [50 

the  inwards.       And   they  say  (that)     nocturnal  dogs 

ulul&sse   in       foro,    que    circum       domos    et   templa 

bowled  in  the  forum,     and       around    the   houses      and       temples 

deorum,   que  umbras          silentum 

the  gods,  and     (that)     the  shades       of  the  silent  [dead] 

erravisse,  que  urbem       motam      tremo- 

wandered-up-and-down,  and  (that)  the  city       (was)  shaken  with   earth- 

ribus.        Tamen  prsemonitus         deum  potu£re 

quakes.       Nevertheless     (these)     premonitions  of  the  gods  could 

non  vincere      insidias  que  ventura  fata  (pi.) : 

not         defeat  the  ambuscades  [treachery]  and  approaching  doom : 

que  strict!  gladii  feruntur  in       templum :  [55 

and      drawn     swords    are-carried  into  the  temple   [t. «.  the  senate- 

enim  neque  ullas  locus  in     urbe,  nisi  curia, 

house] :  for         not        any     place    in  the  city,  except  the  senate-house, 

placet  ad      facinus  que  diram  caedem. 

pleases     for  the  villany        and    dreadful     murder. 

Turn  vero       Cytherea  percussit          pectus 

Then    indeed  the  Cytberean     (goddess)        struck        (her)      breacti 

utraque  manu,  et   molitur  condere 

with   either  hand,    and  endeavours   to-coneeal  (her  hero,  Cs»sar) 

setheria  nube,     qua     Paris    prius     ereptus-est 

in  (that)  etherial        cloud,     in-wbicb     Paris       before      wos-carried-off 

infesto  Atridse,  et    [eo 

from  the  hostile    (attack)  of  the  son-of-Atrens    [Menelaus],    and 

JEneas     fugerat  Diomedeos   enses  (pi.). 

JEneas        had  fled-from    the    Dunne  Jean  sword.  (But  htr) 


438  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

Genitor  hanc        talibus:  'Nata, 

lire         [Jupiter]     (addresses)      her     with    such      (words).    'Daughter, 

sola  paras  movere  insuperabile  fatmn? 

dost-'thou   alone    'design     to-move  [control]        inevitable  fate? 

Licet  ipsa      intres        tecta  trium 

It-is-allowed 'tiiou  thyself 'mayst-enter  the  roofs  [dwelling]  of  the  three 

Sororum:  cernes  illic      tabularia     rerum 

Sisters  [the  Parca] :  thou  wilt-see  there  the  records         of  things  (mad*) 

65]    ex     sere  et  solido  ferro        vasto  molimine :  quae, 

out-of  brass  and     solid       iron  with  immense     exertion:      which, 

tutaatqueseterna,metuunt  neque        concursum     coeli: 

•ecure   and       eternal,  fear       neither  the  dashing-together  of  heaven 

neque      iram   fulminis,  nee  ullas 

[»".  «.  of  the  clouds — thunder],     nor      the  rage  of  lightning,     nor       any 

ruinas.         Illic      invenies      fata     tui  generis  inclusa 

catastrophes.      There  you  will-find  the  fates  of  your      race         shut-up 

perenni  adamante :  ipse     legi,           que  notavi 

[designed]  in  perennial     adamant :  'I  myself 'have-read  (them),  and  marked 

animo,  et      referam  ne 

.them  well)  in  (my)  mind,       and  I  will-repeat   (them  now),  Uhat  you 

70]    sis         etiamnum  ignara  futuri.     Hie, 

"may  'not  any-longer  "continue  ignorant  of  the  future.  He, 

pro  quo          laboras,         Cytherea,       complevit 

in-behalf-of    whom     you-are-so-anxious,      Cytherea,     has-lived-through 

sua  tempora  (pL),       annis,  quos     debuit     terrae,  per- 

bis     term-of-life,  the  years,     which  he  owed     to  earth,     being- 

fectis.        Tu,  que  suus  natus,  qui,  heres 

completed.     Thou,  and  [but  rather]  thy         Bon,      who,  (as)  the  heir 

nominis,     feret          onus  urbis 

of  (thy)  name,         shall-sustain  the  burden  [administration]  of  the  city 

impositum,  que  fortissimus    ultor 

itnposed-upon    (himself),    and    (as)    the   most-noble        avenger  of  (hii) 

75]    caesi      parentis,  habebit  nos       suos  in 

murdered      father,        shall-hold     us     (as)    his     (friends)  in  (his) 

bella,   facies,     ut       accedat       deus     ccelo,  que      co- 

wars,      wilt-make,  that  tie  may-become  a  god     in  heaven,  and  may-be- 

latur  templis.  Auspiciis      illius    rncenia 

honoured  with  temples.         Under  the  chief-command  of  him     the  walls 


LIBER    DECIMU8   QUINTUS.  439 

obsessae  Mutinae  victa  petent    pacera  : 

of  invested         Mutina     having-been-conquered   shall-sue-for    p- 

Pharsalia  sentiet  ilium,  quc  Philippi  iterum  madefient 

Pharsalia        shnll-know     him,       and      Philippi         again  drench 

Emathii  caede :  et         magnum 

the    Emathian    (pls-ins)     with    slaughter   [blood] :     and        a  great 

nomen    superabitur      Siculis  undis :       JEgyptia    [80 

name          shall-be-subdued  in  Sicilian      waves :     the  Egyptian 

conjux      Romani  ducis,  non   bene       fisa 

spouse     of  a  Roman        leader    [general],    'having   not    happily  'trusted 

taedae,  cadet:     que   ilia 

to  the  nuptial-torch     [marriage],      shall-fall :      and      she      shall-'have 

frustra  minata-erit         nostra  capitolia  (pi.)       •    ser- 

vainly  >boasted       (that)   our  capitol  (was)   about- 

vitura  suo  Canopo.     Quid  numerem  tibi 

to-be-subjected  to  her      Canopus.          Why     do-I-count  [name]  to  thee 

Barbariam,  gentes  jacentes  ab  utroque 

the  Foreign-nation  [i.  e.  Africa],  (or)  nations        lying       off  both 

oceano  ?  (sing.)  Quodcunque      babitabile 

oceans         [i.  e.  eastern  and  western]  ?          Whatever        the    habitable 

tellus    sustinet,    erit    hujus :        pontus    qudque    [85 

earth          sustains,      shall-be      hi.-:          the   sea  als« 

serviet  illi.       Pace      data"  terris  (pl-\ 

ihall-be-subject    to  him.         Peace     being-given    to  the  earth, 

vertet     suum  animum  ad  civilia    jura,     que      auc- 

hc  shall-turn      his  mind         to       civil     obligations,  and,   an  insti- 

tor        justissimus      feret     leges:  que   reget      mores 

tutor  the  most-equitable,   shall-inake     laws :       and     regulate     manners 

suo       exemplo,    que,    prospiciens     in         aetatem 

by    his-own       example,         and,     locking-forward     into     the  age 

futuri    temporis,  que        nepotum    [90 

|  of  future  time,         [i.  e.  to   come],     and    of  descendant! 

venturorum,    jubebit         prolein,  natam  de        sancta 

about-to-come,    he  shall-appoint  ;i  descendant,     born       of  (hi*)  chaste 

conjuge,     ferre          simul          qne   suura    ?iomen   que 

spouse,  r      at-tln:-same-tiinc     both         his          name          and 

cur  nec,     nisi    quura 

ih«  e&re-of-itaic-affairs:      aor,      »xcept      when      more  »dvanoe<l-in-aje 


440  OVIDII    METAMORPH. 

aequaverit  similes  annos, 

be  shall-bave-attiined-to  |  like  years  (with Nestor)  [vary  great  age  | 

tanget  aetherias      sedes      que  cognata 

shall-he-come-to      the   etherial          habitations      and      (his)   kindred 

95]    sidera.      Interea    fac  hanc  animam  raptam    de 

stars.  Meanwhile    make     this          spirit         snatched  from 

caeso      corpore       jubar,         ut          divus   Julius 

(hif)  wounded        body       a  constellation,      that    the  deified        Julius 

semper  prospectet  nostra  capitolia  (pi.)  que  forum 

•may  ever  'view  our  capitol  and      forum 

ab  excelsa*    aede.' 

from  (his)  lofty  temple.' 

Vix  fatus-erat          ea,  quiim       alma 

Scarcely     had-he-ceased-speaking     these  (things),     when     bounteous 

Venus  constitit.  cernenda  nulli  media  sede 

Venus  stood,  perceiving    nobody  in  the  middle      seat  of  the 

Senatus,      que  eripuit       recentem  animam 

Senate-House,   and   'snatched  the  fleeting  soul     'from  the  (man- 

membris     sui  Caesaris,  (nee  passa 

gled)  'limbs  of  her    (dear)    Caesar,          (»and  'having  'not  "suffered 

100]  solvi        in  aera,)     intulit  coeles- 

(it)  to-be-dissolved   in      air,)    she  bore      (it)  among  the  celes- 

tibus  astris.     Que,  dum     tulit,  sensit         capere 

tial          stars.          And,    whilst  she  bore  (it),  she  perceived  (it)  to-acquire 

lumen,    atque       ignescere :       que          emisit 

light,  and      to-become-inflamed :      and     (it)     sprung-from     (her) 

sinu.     Ilia  volat  altius  luna,  que  trahons  flam- 

bosom.       It        flies     higher  (than)  the  moon,    and      trailing    flame- 

miferum     crinem    spatioso  limite,  micat 

bearing  [fiery]     hair     in  a  broad         track  (of  light),  it  [he]  twinkles  (as) 

Stella,  que,  videns         benefacta  nati,     fatetur 

a   star,         and,    beholding  the  glorious-deeds  of  (his)  son,  he  owns 

105]  esse  majora  suis,    et  gaudet          vinci 

(them)  to-be     greater  (than)  his-own,  and  rejoices  to-be-outdone 

ab  illis.     Quamquam  hie  vetat       sua     acta 

by   them.  Although       he    [the   prince]    allows-uot   his-own    deedi 

prseferri  paternis,  tarnen  faraa       liberaf 

tc-be-preferred-to  (those)  of  (his)  father,  yet        fame    uncontrolled 


LIBER    DECIMUS   QUINTUg.  441 

que  obnoxia      nullis  jussis,   praefert  invitum, 

and        subject      to   no  laws,          prefers    (him)  against-his-will, 

querepugnat        in        un&parte.  SicAtreui 

and        resist*       (him)  in  (this)  one       part   [instance].       So        Atreus 

cedit  titulis  magni  Agamemnonia ;    [no 

yields   to  the  titles-of-honour     of  mighty  Agamemnon; 

sic  Theseus  ^3gea,  sic  Achilles    vincit 

thua     Theseus   (surpasses  his  father)  -figeus,    thus    Achilles     sorpaaae* 

Pelea.  Denique,     ut  utar  exemplis 

Peleus.  In    fine,  that       I   may-make-me-of         examples 

aequantibus     ipsos,  8ic 

equalling  themselves     [t.e.  suited  to  the  names  concerned],  thai 

et    Saturnius  est  minor          Jove.     Jupiter  temperat 

also         Saturn  is         less     (than)  Jove.          Jupiter  rules 

setherias  arces    et        regna  triformis  mundi. 

the  heavenly       citadels   and   the  realms     of  the   triple  world. 

Terra       sub  Augusto :  uterque  est   pater 

The  earth    (is)  under  (subject  to)  Augustus :  either        it  a  father 

et        rector.  [U5 

and   a  governor. 

Precor,  di,     comites        ^Eneas,       quibua 

I   beseech       (ye),  0  gods,     attendants      of  Jineas,        to   whom 

ignis    et    ensis      cesserunt,      que         Indigetes     di, 

fire          and     sword      have-given-place,     and     (ye)    Native  gods 

que  Quirine,     genitor  Urbis, 

[».  e.  deified  heroes],  and     Quiriuua     the  father  [founder]  of  the  City, 

et     Gradive,         genitor        Quirini,    que          Veata, 

and          Mars,          the    father  of  Quirinus,       and   (thou)   Vest*, 

sacrata     inter       Caesareos     Penates,      et   tu,  domes- 

held-sacred  among  the  Csesarean     Household-Qods,  and  thou,     domes- 

tice  Phoebe,        cum        Caesarea  Vesta,  que  [120 

tic       Phoebus,     together-with     Csesarean      Vesta,      and   (thou) 

Jupiter,  qui  altus  tenes          Tarpeias  . 

Jupiter,       who  high  (enthroned)  presidest-over  the  Tarpeian        towers, 

que    quos    alios  deos  fas  que   pium          vati 

and     whatever   other     gods     it-may-«be  right   and     dutiful     for  a  po«t 

ftppellari ;  ilia  dies       fit       tarda,  et  serior 

to-invoke;       r.ha'j    that     day    uiay  coine     slow,       and     later      (tlia«) 


442  OVIDII   METAMORPH. 

nostro    aevo,  qua          augustum 

|  our  age    [the  term  of  my  life],      in    which     the   august 

caput,  orbe  quern  temperat        relicto.,        acce- 

head  [chief],  the  world     that          he-ruled      being-left-behind,      may- 

dat         coelo,  que  absens 

ascend-to  heaven  [t.  t.  shall  b«  enrolled  among  the  gods],  and       absent 

faveat         precantibus. 

smile  on  (those)  praying  [»'.«.  propitious  hear  the  prayers  of  his  subject*]. 


FAB.  HI.     (Metam.  Lib.  XV.  871—879.) 

PERORATIO. 
CONCLUSION. 

Que  jam      exegi  opus,  quod      nee  ira 

And     now     I   have-finished     a   work,      which     neither     the   anger 

Jovis,  nec  ignes,  nee  ferrum,  nee     edax     vetustas 

of  Jove,        nor       fires,       nor        steel,         nor    devouring  age 

poterit        abolere.     Ilia  dies,  quae  habet  nihil     jus, 

will-be-able     to-destroy.       That     day,     which      has          no        power, 

nisi  hujus  corporis,     finiat         mihi     spatium 

except  of  [over]  this  body,          may-finish  for  me     the  term 

incerti  aevi  quum  volet :  tamen,    perennis 

of  doubtful    life   as-goon-aj   it- will :        yet,         never- failing    [immortal] 

meliore  parte   mei,         ferar     super      alta  astra, 

in  the  better          part   of  me,  I  shall-be-borne  above    the  high       stars, 

que  nostrum     nomen  erit  indelebile :    que  legar 

and          our      [my]    name     will-be  imperishable :     and    I   shall-be-read 

ore  populi,  que     qua         Romana 

ii  the  mouth  [presence]  of  the  people,       and    wherever  the  Roman 

potentia  patet        domitis   terris,  que,  si        praesagia 

power  extends   in    conquered     lands,       and,     if    the   presage* 

vatum   habent    quid        veri,    vivam        famS      per 

of  poets  have          aught    of  truth,         lire        in   fam«     through 

omnia     ssecula. 

all  agM. 


EXCERPTA 

EXTRACTS 

EX 

fSOM 

HEROIDIBUS       OVIDII. 

THE    ITEKOJDEJ3  Or    OYUJ. 


EPIST.  I.     (Ov.  Her.  Ep.  IX.) 

DKIANIRA  HEROULI. 

DEJANIRA     TO    HERCULES. 

GRATULOR  (Echaliam  accedere     nostril 

I  CONGRATULATE  thee  (that)  (Echalia  fell        to  oar 

titulis :      queror  victorem  succubisse          rio- 

honours:    I   complain    (that)   the   conqueror      surrendered     to  the  oon- 

tse.          Fama  decolor, 

quered.     A  report    degenerate     [f.  t.  inconsistent  with  your  reputation^ 

et  inficianda        tuis  factis, 

•nd  |  (which)  must-be-disowued  by  thy      deeds  [i.e.  of  which  thy  dead* 

pervcnit    subito      in          Pelasgiadaa 

ihould   be   ashamed],       came          suddenly      into    the   Grecian 

urbes,  Ib'lcn    imposuisse      jugum      huic,    quern 

cities,         (that)    lole  'iupused          a  yoke       'on   him,         whom 

Juno  que     immensa    series        laborum  nunquam     [5 

Juno     and  an  endless        succession     of  labour*  never 

fregerit.     Venus         plus    nocuit      tibi   quam   Juno : 

ouuld  subdue.    Venus    'was    more     'harmful    to  tfcee       than          Juno: 


444  OVIDII   HEROIDE8. 

ilia  sustulit  premendo  • 

that  [Juno]  'has-raised  (thee)  'up  by  pressing-hard  [i.  «.  by  her  efforti 

haec          tenet         colla  (pi.)  sub        humili 

to  depress]:  this  [Venus]  holds  (thy)  neck  under  (her)  lowly 

pede.      .      .      .       Respice         orbem  pacatum 

foot.  .        .        .         Look-upon     the   world          pacified     by  (thy) 

vindicibus   viribus,      qua  caerulus  Nereus 

avenging  powers,       wherever    the   cerulean    [sea-god]       Nereus 

ambit          latam  humum.  Pax       terrae  se 

surrounds     the  broad        earth.          The  peace     of  earth     (owes)  itself 

15]        tibi,        tuta    aequora    debent        se  tibi: 

to   thee,     the  safe       calm-seas  owe       themselves     to   theo : 

utrumque  domum    Solis 

either   [both  the  eastern  and  western]    abode     of  Sol    [»'.  e.  the  sun-god 

imple'sti  meritis.     Coelum  (sing.\ 

Apollo  or  Phoebe]  thouhast-filled  with  (thy)  deserts.     The  heavens, 

quod  laturum-est   te,          ipse          prius  tulisti. 

which  is  [are]  about-to-support  thee,  'thou  thyself  'didst  first     'support. 

Hercule      supposito,      Atlas  fulsit  sidera.    Quid 

Hercules  being-placed-beneath,  Atlas  glittered  (like)  the  stars.         What 

20]    est,  nisi  notitia  quaesita  misero  pudori, 

is-it,  but  notoriety     gained  for  (thy)  |  wretched  shame  [shocking 

si  cumulas  priora  facta         not& 

apse],  if-now  thou  dost-hcap-up  [blemish]  (thy)  former  exploits  by  the  stain 

stupri  ?  ne  ferunt,      tenaciter, 

of  unchasteness?     Do-'they  [people] —    'say  (that),  with-firm-grasp,  thou 

pressisse  geminos  angues,      jam      quum, 

didst-press     [strangle]     the  two  serpents,     at-the-time       when, 

tener  cunis  (pl.\         eras   dignus    Jove? 

young   [a  babe]   in  the  cradle,  thou  wast    worthy-of       Jove? 

Coepisti  melius,  quam        desinis.          Ultima 

Thou  didst-begin     better,        than    thou  leavest-off.      The  last        (acts) 

cedunt  primis :  hie  vir  et  ille  puer       dissimiles. 

•re-inferior-to  the  first :  this  man  and  that     boy  (are)  unlike. 

Quern        mille  ferae  non,  quern 

Whom        thousands-of      wild-beasts     (could)       not     (conquer),     whom 

Stheneleius    hostis  non,  Juno 

the   Stheneleian  foe       (could)     not     (conquer),    (whom)    Juno 


DBIANIRA    HKROULT.       KPTRTOLA    IX.  446 

potuit  non  vincere,  Amor  vincit.     .     .         Maeandros, 

;«ulii         not     conquer,       Lore    conquer*.      .       .      The  Meander, 

qui      errat     totiea  in       isdem  tends,    [55 

which  'wanders    so-often    'up-and-down    in  the  same        regions, 

qui    retorquet          se       ssepfc  in       lapsaa 

(and)  which       'twists    [winds]  itself    frequently  'back  into  (iU)  lost 

aquas,  vidit       monilia  suspensa  in       Herculeo  colle, 

waters,       saw    the  necklaces      suspended     on  the  Herculean         neck, 

illo,  cui     coelum    fuit       parva  sarcina. 

that   (neck),    to  which      heaven        was      a  small       [light]  load. 

Non     pudit  cohibere          fortes    lacertos 

Does-'it  not          'shame    (thee)     to-encircle    (thy)    manly  arms 

auro,         et  apposuisse  gemmas          solidis 

with  an  ornament-of-gold,  and     to-superadd        jewels      to  the  firm 

toris  ?  Nempe         Nemeaea  pestis        [eo 

muscles  (of  thy  arms)?      For-indeed   the   Nemean        pest  [lion] 

edidit  animam         sub    his    lacertis ;    unde 

|  breathed-out    (his)    life    [expired]    under  those          arms ;        whence 

laevus    humerus    habet        tegmina.  Ausus-es 

Jhe   left  shoulder         has     (its)     coverings.         Thou  bast-dared 

redimire  hirsutos     capillos    (pi.)  mitrai : 

to-bind-round   (thy)   shaggy  hair  with  a  turban 

alba  populos        aptior  Herculeae 

[woman's  coif]  :  the  white     poplar    (is)  more-suitable  to  the  Herculean 

comae.  Nee  putas  dedecuisse  te 

hair.         'And  dost-"thou  'not     'think    it  to-hare-been-nnbeooming  thee 

incingi  Maeonia  zonS,          more       lascivae 

to-be-girded-about  with  a  Lycian        belt,   in  the  manner  of  a  |  wunt<m 

puellse?  Non       imago      crudi  Dio-    [66 

girl  [courtezan]  ?      'Does  not    the  image      of  bloody      Dio- 

medis,  qui  efferus     pavit  equas        human  si 

,      who     savage   |  rams-down  [crams]  (his)  mares  with  human 

flape,  Bucourrit      tibi? 

banquet  [f.  e.  feeds  hit  mares  on  human  flesh],  'hastily-occnr  to  thee? 

Si  Busiris  vidisset  te  in  isto       cultu,       nempe, 

If        Busiris       bad-seen  thee   in     iliut    splendid-dress,       truly,      thon, 

eras  victor       liuic        victo          pudendus. 

wouldst-have-been  a  conqueror  f..r  him  the  conquered  to-be-MDMned-ot 


446  OVIDII    HEROIDES. 

70]    Antaeus      detrahat          redimicula 

Antaeus      would-have-torn-off  the  necklaces   [ribands]  from  (thy) 

duro  collo,  ne      pigeat  succubuisse 

hardj     neck,    (that)   he-'might    not   'he-disgraced   in-having-submitted 

molli    vero.  Diceris   tenuisse         calathum 

to  an  effeminate     man.       Thou  art-said     to-have-held  the  work-basket 

inter       loniacas  puellas,  et         pertimuisse 

among  the  Ionian  damsels,  and  to-have-become-frightened  at  the 

minas     tuae  dominae. 

threats  of  thy       mistress. 

Non  fugis,    Alcide,    impossuisse          manum, 

Dost-'thou  not   'hesitate,     Alcides,  to-'place         (thy)  hand 

75]  victricem       mille  laborum, 

[those  hands],  (that  have  been)  victorious  in  a  thousand  toils, 

rasilibus  calathis  ?  que        deducis  crassa 

'upon  the  smooth  baskets  ?       and  art-thou-drawing-out  the  coarse 

fila  robusto    pollice,  que        rependis 

threads  with  (thy)  stout  thumb     [fingers],     and     weighing-back 

aequa  pensa 

[returning]   |  equal  weights  [i.  e.  the  full  weight  of  wool  weighed  out  for 

form  0333   herae  ?      Ah,   quoties,   dum 

a  day's  task]  to  (thy)  illustrious    mistress?         Oh,     bow-often,     while 

torques       stamina  duris  digitis, 

thou  art-twistiug  the  warps  [threads]  with  (thy)  hardy     fingers,     'have 

80]  praevalidae    manus    comminute          fusos ! 

(thy)    too-powerful         hands  'destroyed         the   spindles  t 

Diceris,       infelix,  tremefactus       habenis 

Then    art-believed,      unfortunate    (man),     trembling-at     the  thongs 

scuticae,  procubuisse    ante      pedes    tuae  dominae. 

of  the  whip,          to-have-crouched   before  the  feet      of  thy        mistress. 

Narrabas  eximias  pompas,  summa 

L»idst-thou-talk-of  (thy)  surpassing  processions   [glories],    the  highest 

praeconia  triumphi,  que      facta 

heraldings  [vaunted  praises]  of  (thy)  triumph,      and  the  exploits  (which) 

dissimulanda  tibi  ?  scilicet, 

ought-to-have-beeu-concealed  to  [by]  thee?  (and  dost  thou  say),  forsooth, 

86]  infantem  manum  involuisse      immanes 

(how  that  thy)  youthful          hand  grasped      the  huge 


OELANIRA    HBRCULI.      EPISTOLA   IX.  447 

nydros  caudis,         faucibus       elisii?        ut 

water-aerpents  by  (their)  tails,         (their)  jaws          being-tightened?  how 

Tegeaeus  aper  incubet      cupressifero  Erymantho, 

(too)  the  Tegean         boar  lies-npon  the  cypress-bearing     Erymantheus, 

et  laedat  humum  vasto  pondere  ?      Non 

and  may-strike-against  the  ground  with  (ita)  vast       weight?      'Are  not 

ora,  affixa  Threiciis  penatibus, 

the  mouths  [heads],    |  suspended  in  the  Thracian        abodes  [or,  pertain- 

tacentur  tibi, 

ing  to  the  palace  of  th  e  Thracian  king],  passed-'orer  to  [by]  thee  'in  rilence, 

equaepingues          caede     hominum?    [90 

(and  are  not)  the  mares     fattened  by  the  slaughter  of  men  ? 

triplex  prodigium  que,  Geryones,       dives        Iberi 

the  threefold        monster         too,        Geryones,       aboanding-in     Iberian 

armenti ;  quamvis        erat          unus 

herds  [or,  oxen  used  for  ploughing] ;    although     |  he  was     (only)     one 

in   tribus  ?     Cerberus,  que,  digestus 

(divided)   into       three?  Cerberus,       also,       divided     [branching] 

ab    uno  trunco    in    totidem  canes,         comis 

from    one         trunk      into     as-many    [i.  e.  three]     dogs,     (his)  hair 

implicitis  minante  angue  (ting.)  ?       ser- 

being-entwined  [wreathed]  with  threatening  snakes  ?  the  ser- 

pens  que,  quae,  fertilis,  redundebat         [95 

pent       too,    which,  fertile  [in  iU  fecundity],    multiplied  (by  its) 

fecundo  vulnere  («'«#.),  et   ipsa  dives       ab 

teeming          wounds,  and   itself      (became)    enriched        by 

suis    damnis  ?  Que,  qui  pependit,       fauce 

its-own    losses?          'He   [Antaeus]   too,    who        'hung,      (hia)  throat 

compressS,     inter  que          Isevum  latus  que         l»vum 

being-squeezed  between  both    (thy)  left  side     and  (thy)  left 

lacertum,      praegrave  onus  ?         Agmen  que  equestre, 

arena,  an  enormous       burden  ?     The  troop         also  of-borsemen, 

mate   confisum  pedibus  que 

(who),    'having    vainly         'trusted      to    (their)    feet  and   (their) 

bimembri        forma,  pulsum  Thessalicis 

double-limbed          figure,       fwere)    driven         from    the     I  Thessalian 

jugis  ?  [100 

Bfighta  [i.  e.  mountain  ridgea  of  Ttiessaly]  ? 

29 


448  OVIDTI    HEROIDES. 

Potes      dicere  hsec,  insignatna 

Canst-thou       tell-of      (all)    these    (things),    (when)  decked-out 

Sidonis  amictu  ?        Non         lingua  silet,  retenta 

in  the  Sidonian       garb  ?          'Is  not     (thy)    tongue     'silent,  restrained 

cultu  ?         Nympha,  quoque, 

[shamed]  by  (this)  dress?       The  nymph,          the-'daughter,  too, 

lardanis,       ornavit       se  suis  armis,  et       tulit 

'•  'of-rardanis,      hu-adorned     herself  with     thy      arms,     and  borne-off 

nota        tropaea      e  capto    vivo.      I    nunc, 

the  well-known       trophies      from     the   captive      hero.         Go         now, 

105]     tolle  animos  (pi.),   et  recense          fortia 

reanimate   (thy)    courage,  and      review     (thy)   brave 

facta.     Ilia   fuit      vir,  quod    tu  non  esses 

deeds.         She       was     a   man,     (that)    which     thou    'canst   not          'be 

jure.     .     .     .  Mensura  tuarum  rerum 

by  right.       .       .       .       The  measure  [character]    of  thy  deeds 

procedit  illi.      Cede  bonis :  arnica 

passes  [accrues]  to  her.       Give-up  (thy)  gifts-of-fortune :  (thy)  mistress 

110]  heres     tuae  laudis.     Pro  pudor !      aspera 

(is)    the   heir       of  thy      glory.  0       shame!      a  rough 

vellera  ( pL),  exuta  costis    hirsuti  leonis,  texerunt 

fell,  stripped  from  the  ribs  of  a  shaggy       lion,  covered 

molle  latus.  Falleris,       et 

the   delicate       side     [body]     (of   Omphale).      Thou  art-deceived,     and 

nescis :  ista  sunt  non       spolia          leonis,   sed 

dost-not-know  (it) :    those     are      not     the   spoils     of  the  lion,         [   but 

tua;  que     tu     es          victor 

thine    [but   rather   of  thee] ;      and     thou     art     the    conqueror     of  the 

feri,  ilia  tui.  Femina, 

wild-beast  [lion],  (but)  she  (is  the  victress)  of  thee.     'She,  a  woman, 

rix        satis    apta     ferre       colum   gravem          lana, 

scarcely       well       fitted       to-carry     a  spindle         heavy       with   wool, 

115]     tulit  tela    atra          Lernaeis  venenis :  que 

'bore-off    the    darts     black     with    Lernean          poisons:        and 

instruxit          manum          clana"  domitrice     fera- 

furni.shed      (her)     hand         with  a  club        (as)  a  tamer  of  wild- 

mrn :      et     vidit        arma      sui  conjugis  in 

r':     and     beheld     the  arms     of  her       consort       [paramour]      IP 


DEIANIRA    HERCULI.      EPISTOLA    IX.  449 

speculo.  .  .  .  Sed  quid      ego  refero  haec? 

the  looking-glass.     .    .     But       why  'do     I      'mention    these    (thinfij. 

Scribenti   fama   venit   nuntia,  virum  me» 

(While)  writing       a  report      come*  announcing,  (that)  |  the  man    of  my 

tunicae  perire  tabe.  Hei 

tunic       [my  husband]  is-periahing  through  the  venom  (in  my  robe).     Ah 

mihi !  quid     feci  ?  Quo         furor     egit   me 

me!  what  have-I-done?     How-far  'has  madness  'impelled  me  (thus) 

amantem  ?     Impia  De'ianira,  quid       dubitas       mori  ? 

loving?  Wicked     Deianira,         why  dost-thou-besitate    to-die? 

An         tuus  conjux  lacerabitur  in  media 

—     'Shall  thy       husband      'be-mangled    [mangle  himself]     amidit 

CEtS  ?         tu,        caussa       tanti     scleris,   eris 

(Eta?      'wilt  thou,  the  cause     of  such-a-great    crime,        'be     [remain] 

superstes?    Si  adhuc  habeo  quid  facti,  cur 

alive  ?  If        yet     I  possess  any  (means)  of  acting,  so-as  (that) 

credar  uxor      Herculis,     more      erit 

I  may-be-believed    (to  be)    the  wife      of  Hercules,  death    ahall-be 

mea     pignus  conjugii.      [150 

|  my    pledge-of-love  [f.  e.  my  confirmation]  of  (our)  union. 

Tu  quoque,  Meleagre,  cognosces  in  me  sororem.  Impia 

Thou       too,      0  Meleager,  shalt-recognixe  in  me  (thy)  sbter.      Wicked 

De'ianira,  quid        dubitas       mori?      Heu         devota 

Deianira,  why    dost-thon-hesitate    to-die?          Alas    (my)    devoted 

domus !     Agrios  sedet  alto  solio :    nuda  (Enea 

family !  Agrios          site    on  (bis)  high    throne :    bereaved    (Enean 

senecta  premit  desertum.  Ger- 

senility        presses  [seats  himself  on]  (his)  deserted  (place).     (My)  own- 

manus  Tydeus  exulat  in  ignotis  oris.       [155 

brother     Tydeus  lives-in-exile  [is  an  exile]  on  unknown  mouths  [shores]. 

Alter  vivus  fuit   in     fatali  igne.        Mater 

(My)  other  (brother  while)  living  was  amid  the  fatal    flame.    (My)  mother 

exegit    ferrum    per    sua  prsecordia.     Impia  Deianira, 

thrust    a  sword       through   her  sides.  Wicked        Deianira, 

quid       dubitas       mori?       Deprecor  hoc  unum 

why     dost-tbou-hesitat*    to-die?      I  pray-for  this       only     (thing) 

per      sacerrima  jura  lecti,  ne 

by     the  most-sacred  right*  of  the  bridal  bed  [marriage],  'that  I-hnaj  '«ol 


450  OVTDII    HEROIDES. 

160]    videar  insidiata  tuis  fatis. 

'seem  (to  hare)  laid-in-wait-for  [plotted  for]  thy  ill-fates  [death} 

Nessus,  ut       avidum  pectus  percussus-est      arundine, 

N«ssus,       when  (his)  eager     breast       was -transfixed    with  a  reed 

dixit,  'Hie    sanguis   habet 

[t.  «.  an  arrow  made  of  reed  or  cane],   said,       This       blood        contain* 

Tires  (pi.)  amoris.       Misi     tibi    textaQ^Z.)    illita 

power  of  [over]     lore.  I  sent    to  thee  a  fabric   [robe]  stained 

Nesseo  veneno.'     Impia  Deianira,  quid     dubi- 

with   th»  Nessean       Tenom.'          Wicked      Deianira,      why  dost-thou- 

tas       rnori?     Que  jam,  que         pater    senior, 

hesitat*    to-die?        And     now,     both  (my)   father    more-aged  [t.  e.  far 

165]  que        germana  Gorge,   et 

advanced  in  years],   and  (my)  own-sister      Gorge,       and  (thou) 

patria,  et       frater    ademte  tuae  patriae, 

(my)  country,  and  (my)  brother  deprived-of  [exiled  from]  thy      country, 

val« ;     tu   et      lux  hodierna,  novissima  nostris 

farewell;  then  also  the  light  of-this-day,  the  last  [closing]  (light)  to  our  [my] 

oculis,  que,  sed  6  possis !  vir,     et, 

eyes,  and,     yet    0  (that)  thou  mayst  (still  be!)  (my)  husband,  and, 

Hylle,       puer,  vale. 

P  Qyllus,  (my)  boy,    farewell. 


EPI8T.  n.     (Ov.  Her.  Ep.  XII.) 

MEDEA          IASONI. 
XEDBA     TO    JASON. 

Ut        regina          Colchorum         vacari 

Although     queen    of  the  Colchians  I  was-at-leisure  (to  attend) 

tibi,  memini  ut,  quum          peteres, 

to  thee,  (and)  Ihave-'borne(it) 'in  mind,  how,     when    thou  didst-desire 

mea  ars  ferret  opem     tibi :     tune         soro- 

(it),  my    skill  (in  sorcery)  brought      aid     to  thee :  at- that-time    the  sis- 

res,  qure  dispensant  mortalia  fata, 

ters,  [t.  e.  the  Fates],  who         dispense  mortal    [human]  destinies, 

debuerant      evolu'isse      meos     fusos  (pi.) :       tune 

»agbt  to-have-spun-'out       iny         spindle    'to-the-end:   then   'I, 


MEDEA    IASONI.      EPISTOLA   MI.  451 

Medea   potui      bene   mori.     Quidquid  vit» 

Medea,  'could-have  honourably  died.  Whatever  (portion  j  of  (my)  lift 

produxi          ab  illo  tempore,  fuit       poena.  [5 

I  have-protracted  from  that       time,          has  been  a  penalty  (to  me). 

Hei  mihi,  cur        unquam         arbor  Pelias, 

Ah         me,     why  'did        ever        |  the  tree       of-Pelion  [the  ship  from 

acta        juvenilibus  lacertis,  petiit 

Pelion],  impelled  |  by  youthful  arms     [by  strong  muscles],     'seek 

Phryxeam  ovem  ?  Cur 

|  the  Phrixean  sheep      [wool]     [i.  e.  the  golden   fleece]  ?       Why 

Colchi  unquam  vidimus         Magnetida  Argo; 

iid-'we    Colchians         ever  'behold     |  the  Magnesian  Argo 

que        Graia 

[i.  e.  the  ship  of  the  Argonaut*,  built  in  Magnesia] ;  and  'ye  |  Grecian 

turba  bibistis       Phasiacam  aquam; 

throng  [i.  e.  Argonauts]      'drink     the  Phasian        [Colchian]         water ; 

aut,        quoniam      semel         nova    puppis  [io 

or-rather,  seeing-tbat    once-for-all    |  a  new          stern     [a   newly- 

venerat  in  nostras  arenas,  que  attu- 

invented   ship]     bad-arrived  on         oar        sands     [coast],     and      had- 

lerat  audaces  viros,  cur  flavi      capilli  (pi-), 

brought     daring       men,     why  'did  (thy)  golden-yellow    hair, 

et      decor,      et  ficta          gratia        tuae   linguae 

and    comeliness,     and  the  dissembled     thankfulness    of  thy          tongue 

placue*re   mihi     plus  aequo  ?  Immemor 

'please  me        |  more  (than)  proper     [too  well]?      Unmindful-of 

^sonides  isset 

(my  directions  or  favours)  the  de*eendant-of- JSson  [Jason]  ought-to-have- 

non          praemedicatus      in       inhelatos  ignes    [15 

gone  not  [an-]  protected-by-chartns    among   |  breathed-out      fires 

que    adunca    ora  boflm. 

[emitted  flames]  and    |  crooked     months    [hollow  nostrils]  of  the  holla. 

Jecisset      semina,  et  sen- 

Ile  ought-to-have-sown  seeds  {i.e.  the  dragon's  teeth],  •ndougbt-to-have- 

sisset    totidem    hostes,    ut          cultor     ipse     caderet 

found    just-as-many     foes,     so-ai-tbat  the  cultivator  himself    might-fall 

ab  siio  cultu. 

by  bin-own  harvest  [».«.  by'the  men  who  sprung  from  the  teeth  sown  by  him] 


452  OVIDII   HEROIDES. 

Quantum  perfidiae,  scelerate,         perisset          tecum! 

Unw-mnch        falsehood,       scoundrel,     would-have-perished     with-thee! 

Quam  multa  mala        demta-forent  meo  capiti ! 

How          many      evils     would-have-been-reinoved  from    |  my  hetd 

20]  Est  aliqua  voluptas  meritum 

[myself] !     It  is          gome     satisfaction  (that)  the  well-deserving 

exprobrare        ingrato  Hac       fruar :       hsec 

reproaches          the  ungrateful   (one).      In  this     I   ehall-delight :     these 

gaudia       sola  feram  de      te.        Jus- 

inward-joys    only     I  shall-bear-away     [extort]    from     thee.      Having- 

6us  advertere  inexpertam 

been-ordered     (by   Pelias)  to-'turn     [to  steer]      the  untried 

puppim  Colchos,         intrust!        beata     regna 

stern     [ship]    'to  the  Colchians,     tbou  enteredst     the  happy    territories 

mese  patrise.     Hoc  Medea  fui  illic, 

of  my         country.       This    (that)  'I  Medea      'was  there     (at  Colchifl), 

25]    qu6d  nova  nupta  est  hie. 

that     (now)  the  new       bride    [i.  e.  Crettsa]  is     here  (at  Corinth). 

Quam  est        pater      illi,  tain  dives 

'As  (rich)   'as  is     |  the  father  to   her    [her  father],    so  rich 

erat  mibi.  Hie 

was     |  (the  father)  to  me      [my  father].      This     [Creon]     (possesses) 

Ephyren  bimarem,          ille  tenet      omne 

Corinth  lying-between-two-seas,     that    [JBetes]    possesses      |  every 

tenus     nivosa  Scythia,    qua 

(thing)     [all  the  region]     as-far-up-as     snowy       Soythia,       where     the 

laeva  plaga  Ponti    jacet.      .flDeta 

left        district  [t.  e.  the  eastern  coast]    of  Pontus     is-situate.         JEetes 

excipit       Pelasgos  juvenes          hospitio,  et         Graia 

received   the  Grecian         young-men  with  hospitality,  and  ye  |  Grecian 

30]    corpora  premitis     pietos      toros. 

bodies       [Greeks]        lie-on      |  embroidered  couches     [»'.  «.  beds 

Tune  ogo  vidi   te:    tune   coepi 

with  embroidered  coverlets].      Then         I       saw     thee :     then  I  began 

ecire,    quis          esses.        Ilia  fuit       prima  ruina 

to-know,  who  thou  mightest-be.     That     was     the  first  ruin    [over- 

me»  mentis.  Ut          vidi,  ut 

throw]  of  my  mind     [reason].      As-soon-as     I  saw,    just-so-soon 


MEDEA   IASONI.      EPISTOLA   XII.  468 

peril;  nee     arsi  notis  ignibus, 

I  wag-lost;    I-  was  not  'inflamed  with  known  [common]       fires,       (but 

ut   pinea  taeda     ardet     ad       magnos  decs.      Et 

iuch)  as  a  pine-       torch   burns-with     to     the  great  gods.      And 

eras  formosus,  et  mea  fata  trahebant  me :        [35 

thou  wast      handsome,     and     my     fates    were-drawing    me   (on 

oculi     tui  abstulerant     nostra 

to  ruin) :     |  the  eyes     of  thee     [thy   eyes]      bad-ravished  |  our 

lumina.  Sensisti,  perfide : 

lights  [inyeyes].  Thou  didst-perceive  [discover]  (this),  0  faithless  (m&n)  : 

enim  quis       bene   celat   amorem  ?  Flamma 

for          who  'can  well     'conceal          love?  The   flame       [passion] 

eminet,  prodita  suo   indicio.    Interea 

manifeets-itself,  having-been-betrayed    by  its-own  evidence.      Meantime 

lex     dicitur       tibi,  ut        premeres  dura 

the  law  is-pronounced  to  thee,  that  thou  shouldst-'press  [force]  the  vigorous 

colla     ferorum  insolito      vomere  bourn.    [40 

necks  of  wild-animals  'into  the  unaccustomed  ploughshare  of  oxen. 

[Tauri    Martis  erant  plus  saevi  qu£m      per 

[The  bulls      of  Mars          were     more  terrible   than    in-respect-to  (their) 

cornua ;     spiritus   quorum  erat  terribilis  ignis.l 

horns;        (the  breath  of  which  [their  breath]  was        terrific  fire.] 

Pedes          solid!         aere,    que        sera 

(Their)      feet      (were)      firm     with  metal,      and      brass-plates   (wore) 

praetenta  naribus :   haec  quoque  facta  nigra 

gprcad-over  (their)  nostrils:         these         too       (were)   made       bUok 

per  suos  afflatus  (pl>).     Praeterea         juberis  spargere 

by      their     breath.  Besides       thou  art-ordered      to-icatter 

semina,      genitura     populos,  per    [45 

[sow]  the  seeds,         about-to-produce      hosts     (of  men),   through 

lata  arva  devota"  manu,  qui, 

the  broad  fields  with  (thy)  devoted  [doomed]  band,     who  [which  men], 

telis          natis          secum,  peterent 

/c*puns  being-produced  of-themselves  [of  their  own  accord],  woul  i-attack 

,ua  corpora  (pZ.).     Ilia  messis  est  iniqua      suo  agri- 

ihy          body.  That       crop         is     too-great  Tor   its      culti- 

colae.         Ultimus  labor  cat  decipero     aliqua  arte    [50 

rator,       The  laat  labour     if       to-ulude  by  some  stratagem 


454  OVIDH   HEROIDES. 

lumina  custodis          nescia         succumbere 

the  lights  [eyes]  of  the  keeper      (that)  know-not  (how)      to-yield          to 

Bomno.     Metes  dixerat :  omnes  consurgitis 

sleep.  JEetes      had-said:        all        'ye    (Greeks)  'arise 

moesti :  que      alta  mensa  deserit 

dejected:     and  the  great     table      |  deserts  [t.  e.  is  removed  from]  tot 

purpureos        toros.      Quilm    longe    tibi    erant    tune 

purple-coloured      coaches.  How       far-from     thee       were         then 

fi     dotale   regnum      Creiisa,    et  socer,           et 

.ae   dotal  kingdom    of  Creiisa,         and       the    father-in-law,       and 

nata        magni    Creontis  ?  Abis         tristis. 

the  daughter  of  the  great         Creon  ?          Thou   departest    melancholy. 

65]      Prosequor         abeuntem        udis  oculis :  et 

I  follow          (thee)       going-off    with   moist        eyes:     and  (thy) 

lingua  dixit       tenui  murmure,    'Vale.'        Ut     male" 

tongue        said  in  a  soft  murmur,        '  Farewell.'        When      badly 

saucia     tetigi      lectum  positum          thalamo,        nox, 

wounded  I  touched  the  couch          placed  in  (niy)  bed-chamber,  the  night, 

quanta     fuit,  acta-est     mihi  perlacrimas. 

as-long-as  it  was  [lasted],  |  was-passed  for  ine  [I  passed]   in  tears. 

Que         truces     tauri  que        nefandae  segetes 

Both  the  threatening     bulls      and    |  the  execrable        crops     [t.  «.  the 

ante       oculos ;          pervigil 

trop  of  armed  men]  (were  present)  before  (my)  eyes ;     the  ever-watchful 

60]    anguis  erat 

serpent  [i.e.  the  dragon  that  guarded  the  golden  fleece],  was-present 

ante  meos  oculos.       Hinc         amor,    hinc    est  timor. 

before     my        eyes.    On-the-one-side  (is)  lore,  on-the-other  is  fear. 

Timor  auget         ipsum  amorem.      Erat  mane, 

Fear      increases  (that)  very  love.          It  was  early-in-the-morning, 

et          cara   soror  recepta  thalamo, 

and  (my)  dear       sister    ha  ving-been -admit  ted  into  (my)  bed-chamber, 

invenit          que     disjectam     comas  (pi-}  que  jacentem 

discovered  (me)  both  with-dishevelled     hair  and  lying 

in          aversa  ora  (pi.),   et  omnia  plena        meis 

on    (my)    averted      face,  and       all     (things)     filled  with  my 

lacrimis.  Orat  opem  Minyis : 

ears.  She  [my  lister]  begs        aid     (from  me)  for  the  Minyan* 


MEDEA    IA80NI.       EPISTOLA    XII.  455 

altera  petit,          et     alters 

[Argonauts] :  the  one  [my  sister  Chaloiope]  request*  (aid),  and  th«  otber 

habebit.  Damus    [65 

[I,  Medea]  will-entertain  [comply  with]  (her  request).     We  grant 

JEsonio  juveni,  quod     ilia  rogat. 

to  the  JJsonian     youth  [Jason],  that-which    she    [Chalciope]    asks-for. 

Nemus     est     atrum    et  piceis     et  frondibus 

A  grove         there-is      black    both  with  pitch-black  and  leafy  (holm-  o- 

ilicis :  vix        licet    adire    illud 

great-scarlet)   oaks:         it-'is  hardly     'possible  to-enter      that    [grove] 

radiis         Solis.     Delubra  Dianae  sunt,  que 

by  the  rays      of  the  Sun.  Shrines  [a  temple]  of  Diana    are,       and 

din  fuerant,   in   eo :  Aurea     dea, 

for-a-long-time   have-been,     at     that     (place) :    |  the  golden     goddess 

facta        barbaric;!  manu, 

[t.  e.  a  statue  made  of  gold],  made  by  a  foreign  [not  a  Colcbian]    hand, 

stat.  Nostin',  an  loca        [70 

stands  (there).      Dost-thou-know  (them),    |  or   'hare  the  places 

exciderunt  mecum  ?      Venimus 

[or  has  the  spot]  'escaped-from  (thy  memory)  along- with-me?      We  come 

illuc ;  sic  infido     ore 

thither;    (and)  thus  [as  follows]  with  |  unfaithful  mouth  [deceiving  lips] 

orsus-es    prior    loqui :     '  Fortuna 

tbou   didst-begin       first      to-speak:         'Fortune    [the  goddess  of  fate] 

tradidit  tibi       jus   et   arbitrium     nostrae  salutis, 

bag-committed  to  thee  the  law    and      decision       of  our  [my]     welfare, 

que    in  tua  manu  est  que  vita 

and    |  in     thy       hand       is      [t.  «.  thou  hast  power  over]     both       life 

que  mors.       Est   sat      posse   perdere,  si  potestas    [75 

and     death.       It  is     enough  to-be-able  tc-destroy,  if    f  power 

ipaa  juvat      quern.      Sed   servatus 

iUelf    [such    a   mere   power]    can-please    any-one.        But  'I  laved 

ero          major  gloria      tibi.       Precor         per  »oatra 

'shnll-be   a  greater     glory     for  thee.       I  pray        (thee)     by  our 

mala,          quorum      potes      esse     levamen ;  per 

calamities,  of  which          thou-art-ablo    to-be   a  mitigation;       by     (thy) 

genus  et  numen  .ivi 

descent    and     the   divine-majesty     of  (thy)  grand  -tire     [»'.  •.  th»    sun] 


456  ovron  HEROIDES. 

videntis   cuncta ;  per       vultus  que   sacra 

teeing  all         (things);      by     the  faces    [images]    and       sabred 

arcana  triplicis  Dianae :    et  si     forte     ista 

mysteries     of  the  threefold         Diana;      and     if    perchance     this    (thy) 

80]    gens   habet  alios  deos  :     0  virgo,  miserere  mei ; 

nation        has       other      gods:         0     virgin,      pity-thou        me; 

miserere    meorum !  Effice     me  meritis 

pity-thou  my       (companions) !       Make        me    by  (thy)  favour! 

tuum         in     omne  tempus.   Quod  si  forte 

thine-own  through    all  time.         |  Since    if  [however  if]  perchance 

non  dedignare     Pelasgum  virum ; 

thou-'dost    not        'disdain        a  Pelasgian  [Grecian]      man  [husband] ; 

(sed    unde  deos    meos  que 

(but         why     (should  I  imagine)  the  gods  |  my-own  [so  propitious]  and 

tarn        faciles         mihi?)  meus      spiritus      ante* 

so-very      compliant      to  me?)         'may       my  breath          sooner 

86]    vanescat  in  tenues  auras  ( pi.),  quam  ulla  nupta, 

'vanish          into  the  yielding  air,  than     any  wife, 

nisi   tu,         sit  meo     thalamo.  Juno, 

but     thee,  may-be-present   in  my  nuptial- chamber.     'May  Juno,    (who) 

praefecta          inaritis     sacris,     sit       conscia,    et 

presides-over    the  conjugal   solemnities,    'be  (my)  witness,      and    (that 

dea,  in     marmoreal 

golden)  goddess  (too)  [t.  «.  the  statue  of  the  goddess],  in  the  marble 

aede  cujus       sumus.'     Hasc  (et       quota 

lanctuary     of  whom     we  are.'  These   (words)     (and     how-great 

pars  sunt  haec  ? )  morere      animum 

[t.  «.  how  very  small]     a  part      are      these  ?)       moved     the  mind 

simplicis    puellae,    et  dextera  juncta 

of  the  simple  maiden,      and     (thy)    right-hand     (was)    joined 

90]       meae  dextrse.       Etiam  vidi  lacrimas :  an       est 

to  my       right-hand.     'I  also        'saw          tears:          —   ii-there 

pars  fraudis  in  illis  Sic         cito 

It  part    of    [some]      deceit        in  those     (tears)?       Just-so     speedily 

puella     capta-sum         tuis  verbis.      Et 

'I  (also)  a  maiden     'was-captivated     by  thy        words.          And    'thou, 

corpore         inadusto  jungis       aeripedes  tauros,  et 

with  a  body      *uot  (even)  'sieged,  'yokest  the  brazen-footed     bulls,     and 


MEDEA    IA60NI.      EPI8TOLA    VI.  457 

findis  solidam    humum  jusso 

cleavest       [ploughest]       the  solid  ground         with    th«   ordered 

vomere.  Imples  arva  [95 

plough-share.     Thoa   fillest     [nowest]     the   plonghed-lands     with 

venenatis  dentibus     pro     seminar     miles       nascitur, 

envenomed  teeth      instead-of      feeds :       s>  soldiery     springs-forth, 

et      habet  gladios  et  scuta.     Ego  ipsa,  quae  dederam 

and    possesses     swords     and   shields.          I       myself,   who      bad-given 

medicamina,  pallida,          Bedi;         quum 

the  decoction?    [poisonous  juices],        pale,         was  immovable ;       when 

vidi  subitos     viros    tenere    arma:    donee 

I   saw      (that/      the   unexpected       men      possessed    arms:  until 

terrigcnae  fratres  (miserabile  facinus ! )  conseru£re 

the  earth-born        brothers         (deplorable          deed ! )  'joined 

manus  strictas  inter    [ioo 

(their)    hand.-      [force?]      drawn-together      'in-battle      between 

se.  Ecce,  pervigil        draco,     horrens 

themselves.  L<\        the    ever-watchful       dragon,         bristling      with 

crepitantibus  squamis,  sibilat ;  et      verrit          humum 

rattling  scales,        hisses ;      and  sweeps-along  the  ground 

torto    ]>ectore.      Ubi    erant   tune         opes 

with  twisted        breast  Where      were       then      the    riches  of  (thy) 

dotis,  ubi     erat  regia   conjux? 

dowry      [«'.  e.  of  Creiisa],     where      w.u     (then   thy!    royal          spouse? 

Isthmos    que   qui      distinct         aquas         gemini 

(this)    lithujiss        too     which  keeps-:i>uuder  the  waters   of  the  twofold 

maris  ?  ^S°'  ^^a 

sea  [>.  e.  tbe    Corinthian    and   Saronic   gulfs]  ?         I,     |  that  (one) 

quae   nunc   denique   facta-sum   barbara 

[the  very  person]      who       n-w       at-length       have-become  a  barbarian 

tibi.  nunc     visa-sum     pauper    tibi,  nunc  [105 

to  thee,     now  bave-been-doemed     poor    to  thee,     now  (bare-been 

noccns     tibi,    subduxi  flammea  lumina 

deeuiuii;  cu'inible  to  thcf,  withdrcw-from  (;iiee)  the  flaming  lights 

iiicdicato    somno,    ct      dedi      tibi 

[eyes]  (of  tb»  dragon)  by  charmed  sleep,      and        gart     to  thee 

tuta  vellera  (pi),  quae  raperes.  Genitor 

tlie  secured  fleece,  wbich  thou  wouldst-carry-off.     (My)  father 


468  OVIDH   HEROIDBS. 

proditns-est :      reliqui          regnum    que         patriam: 

was-betrayed:       I  abandoned  (my)  kingdom         and  (my)  country: 

110]         tuli  munus,  qu6d        licet        ease    in 

I  received  (it  as)  a  favour,        that    I  am-permitted  to-abide  in 

exilio.  .     .     At     fugiens,  germane, 

exile  (with  thee).  .       .       But  fleeing-away,  0  (my)  brother  [Absyrtwl 

reliqui  te  non  sine  me.    Nostra  litera  deficit 

I  'left       thee  not  'behind  without   me.       Our  [my]  letter  is-defective  im 

hoc  uno  loco.  Quod  mea  dextra  ausa-est  facere, 

this     one    place  [subject].     What     my    right-hand  has-dared        to-do, 

115]  non    audet   scribere :    sic  ego,    sed 

it-'does   not        'dare        to-write :        thus    'ought      I,  but 

tecum,  dilaceranda-fui.  Tamen, 

together-witb-thyself,  'to-have-been-torn-in-pieces.  However,  'I,  (though) 

femina,  que  tarn  nocens,         nee  extimui  (enim  quid 

a  woman,      and       so         guilty,       'did   not        'dread         (for        what 

timerem        post  ilia?)  credere  me  pelago. 

should-I-fear       after     that?)    to- commit    me  [myself]  to  the  sea. 

Ubi   est  numen?         ubi  di? 

Where    is    the  power-of-the-gods ?    where    (are)    the  gods?      (0   that) 

Subeamus  in  alto     meritas   poenas,      tu  fraudis, 

we-may-go-'up  on  high  'to  deserved  punishments,  thou  for  (thy)  deceit, 

12O]    ego          credulitatis.     Utinam         Symplegades 

I      for  (my)  credulity.  Would-that   the  Sytnplagades 

elisissent         compressos,  que         nostra      ossa  adhae- 

had-crushed  (us)   tightly-pressed,   and  (that)  our    [my]    bones     might- 

rerent     tuis  ossibus !  aut  rapax    Scylla  misisset 

adhere     to  thy         bones !         or    (that)    rapacious       Scylla        bad-sent 

nos  edendos     canibus !    (Scylla  debuit     nocere       in- 

us       to-be-eaten  by  dogs !  (Scylla  was-bound  to-do-harm  to  un 

gratis  viris :)  que  quse     vomit 

grateful    men:)      and  (that  Charybdis)  which  voniits-forth  [dischargee] 

135]    totidem  fluctus,  que  resorbet  totidem, 

so-many         waves,       and     sucks-back    [rcs»rbs]  just-as-many, 

quoque  supposuisset  nos  Trinacrise  aquae. 

had      also  'put     [sunk]     us  'under  the  Sicilian          water    [sem]. 

Sospes  que  victor        reverteris  ad     Haemonias  urbes. 

Jnhanned  and  victorious  thou  returneit         to  the  Thosialian  citit*. 


MEDEA   IA80NI.      EPISTOLA   OT.  459 

Aurea  lana  ponitur  ad  patrios  deos.    Quid 

The  golden     fleece      is-laid       to  [before]  (thy)  natiTe    gods.          How 

referam  natas        Peliae  nocentes        pietate,  quo 

ean-I-mention  the  daughters  of  Peliaa     guilty   in  (their)  affection,      and 

paterna  membra    caesa         virginea  manu?    [130 

(their)   father's          limbs    cut-to-pieces   by  virgin  hand? 

Ut  alii  culpent,  est    necesse 

Inasmuch-as    others       may-lay-the-blame-on    (me),     it  is       necessary 

tibi  laudare  me,      pro       quo         coacta-sum      esse 

for  thee    to-praise     me,  in-behalf-of  whom  I  have-been-compelled  to-be 

toties   nocens.          Ausus-es,    6  —  (sua  verba 

so-often      guilty.         Thou  bast-dared,     0  —  (its-own    [proper]     words 

desunt          justo    dolori,)         ausus-es   dicere,    '  Cede 

are-wanting   to   true  grief,)      thou  hast-dared       to-say,       'Depart 

JEsonia  domo.'        Cepi  domo 

from  the  jEsonian  [Jason's]   house.'      I  departed  from  (thy)  house  (as) 

jussa,         comitata  duobus  natis,    et  [135 

commanded,    accompanied  by  (my)  two         children,  and  by  the 

amore     tui,  qui  semper  sequitur  me.      Ut     cantattu 

love        of  thee,  which      ever  follows       me.       When  a  recited 

Hymen        subitd  venit  ad  nostra  aures,  et 

nuptial-song     suddenly     came     to          our          ear«,     and    (wedding-) 

lampades  micant      accenso  igne,  que        socialia 

torches  flash    with  enkindled    fire,     and  the  companionable  [nnp- 

tibia  effudit         carmina      vobis,     at     mihi  flebi- 

tial]   pipe     sent-forth  (its)  strains       to  yourselves,  but  to  me         more- 

liora  funerea  tub&;  pertimui,  ("140 

doleful  (than)  the  funeral  trumpet:  I  became-Tery-much-frightened, 

nec  adhuc          putabam  esse  tantum     scelus  • 

nor  until-this-time  did-I-suppose  (that  there)  was     so-great   a  crime: 

Bed      tamen  erat     frigus     in     toto         pectore. 

but      nevertheless  (there)  was    a  chill     through     all     (my)          breast 

Turba    ruunt ;    et          clamant,      '  Hymen :' 

The  crowds        rush-on:     and   they  shout,  'A    wedding:'        they 

frequentant,  '  Hymenaee.'      Quo        propior  haec 

repeat-frequently,  '0,  a  wedding.'  By-how-much     nearer         the 

vox,  hoc  pej&s    erat     mihi.          Servi        diverei 

found  (cam«),  tbt,     worse    it  was  for  me.       Th«  i«rfant»  turned -ap»rt 


460  OVIDII   HEROIDES. 

145]    flebant,        que   tegebant  lacrimas. 

were-weeping,     and          hiding        (their)    tears.  Wb« 

vellet        esse        nuntius        tanti        mali?     Quidquid 

would-wish    to-be   the  messenger   of  so-great   an  evil  ?  Whatever 

erat,  potius  juvabat     me  quoque  nescire,      sed, 

it-was,  it-'was  rather     'gratifying  to  me        too       not-to-know  (it),  but, 

tanquam        scirem,     mea   mens   erat    tristis :    quftm 

as-though         I  knew,  my         mind       was      sorrowful :         when 

minor  e          pueris,  jussus 

the  smaller   [younger]   of  (my)   children        [sons],       ordered  (by  me) 

que  studio       videndi,    constitit    ad        prima 

and       with   the   desire       of  seeing,  stood-still       on     the   first 

150]    limina  geminae      foris.  '  Mater  mihi, 

sills  [outer  steps]  of  the  double  [folding]  door.     '  |  Mother  to  me 

abi   hie,'  inquit  ;  'pater  lason  ducit     pom- 

[my  mother],  go    hence,'   he  said ;         '  father      Jason      leads     the  pro- 
pain  ;     et    aureus  urget       adjunctos 

cession ;     and     golden     [t.  e.  in  golden  attire]    drives    the  coupled 

equos.'      Protinus  planxi  mea  pectora  (pi-)      abscissd 

horses.'        'I  instantly         "beat        my         breast     with   (my)  torn-off 

veste  :  nee         ora  ( pi.)  fuere       tuta    a    meis  digitia. 

robe:        'and  (my)  face  was     'not  safe   from     my         fingers. 

Animus        suadebat         ire    in     agmina       mediae 

(My)  mind  [feelings]  p'-uin;  red  (me)  to-rush  into  the  ranks      of  the  middle 

155]  turbae,    que  demere        serta     rapta 

[intervening]  multitude,    and   tear-away  the  garlands   snatched 

compositis    comis.       Vix   continui   me, 

from  (thy)  well-trimmed      locks.      'I   hardly  'restrained     me  [myself], 

quin,          sic  laniata       capillos  (pi.),  clamarem, 

'that,  (while)  thus    tearing  (my)  hair,  I-"might  'not  "cry-out, 

'  Est   meua ;'    que  injioerem 

'He   is  mine;'         and     (that)     I-'might     (not)     'lay  (my) 

manus  Gaude,      laese  pater :    relicti   Col- 

hands  'on  (thee)  [Jason],     Rejoice,  0  injured  father:    abandoned    Col- 

chi     gaudete ;  umbrae     inei  fratris  habete       inferias. 

chians   rejoice-ye;       shades     of  my      brother  reoeive-ye  (my)  sacrificei 

160]  Begno  que  patria  que 

(in  honour  of  the  dead).     (My)  kingdom     and     country     and 


MBDEA    IASONI.      KPI8TOLA   XII.  461 

domo    amissis,        deseror  conjuge,    qoi   solus 

home        being-lost,     I  am-deserted    by  (my)  husband,       who      alone 

erat  omnia  nobis.         Igitur  domui 

was          all       (things)     to  us     [me].       In-short  'I,  (who)  hare-inbdued 

serpentes  que  furentes  tauros,  potui  non  perdomuisse 

serpents  and        raging          bulls,       'could    not  subdue 

unum  virum.     Que     quae   pepuli         feroa  ignes    [155 

one  man.  And  'I  who     'controlled  the  raging   flames 

doctis    medicatibus,  ipsa        non  Taleo 

|  by  learned  charms,        [by  subtle  potions],  'I   he-same  'am  not       'able 

effugere  meas  flammas.  Ipsi  cantos,     que 

to-escape     my-own       flames     [passions].     (My)   Tery     charms,         and 

herbae,  que  artes  relinquunt  me :  dea 

herbs,         and      arts  forsake        me :       the  goddess  (accomplishes) 

nil,  sacra  potentis    Hecates      agunt 

nothing,       the  sacred-rites       of  the   powerful          Hecate       accomplish 

nil.           Dies       non     grata         mini :    ainarae    noctea 

nothing.         Day   (is)  not      favourable     to  me :  bitter  nighti 

vigilantur:  nee  tener  somnus  adest    [170 

are-spent-in-watching :  'and       soft          sleep    |  *is  'not  •present 

in         misero  pectore.       Quae   potui   sopire 

[is  wanting]  to  (my)  wretched       breast.         'I  who     'waa-able     tu-'put 

daconem,  non  possum  me. 

the  dragon  to-'sleep,      I-'aia  not        able      (to  put)    myself    (to 

Mea  cura  est    utilior  cuivis,         qu&m 

ileep).         My       care       is     more-useful     to  any-one-whatever,        than 

mihi.  Artus,     quos     ego     servavi,       pellex 

to  myself.         'Those  limbs,         'which        I  saved,          a  mutresi 

amplectitur,  et  ilia  habet       fructus     nostri      laboris. 

embraces,  and   she    enjoys   the  fruits        of  our     [my]       labour. 

Et     forsitan          fingis   nova   crimina          in 

And       perhaps     thou  iinaginest    new          faults         in-respect-to     (my) 

faciem       que     meos      mores,         dum  quaeris 

appearance      aud          my          manners,       wbUst-that       thou   se«ke»t 

jactare   te  stultae   maritae,    et     loqui    [175 

to-exaJi      thyself  before  (tny;    silly          wife,          and  to-speak 

apta  injuatis  auribu.s.  Rideat, 

(things)    suited    to  (her)  unjuit  [prejudiced]     »nr*.  She  tnay-laujjh, 


462  OVIDII   HEROIDE8. 

et     ilia        sit         Iseta  meis     vitiia: 

at   me),     and       she       may -be      pleased       with  my  faults:      ffh« 

rideat,       et  jaceat   sublimis  in  Tyro  ostro. 

may-laugh,     and        lie  exalted      on    Tyri»n    purple    [i.  e.  purple- 

Flebit,     et          adusta  vincet 

eoTered  couch].      She  shall- weep,  and  having-been-burned  sb all-subdue 

180]    meos  ardores.       Dum          ferrum   pie  Mammae 

my  flames.         While-that    the   sword          ind          flames 

qne      succus    veneni     adeunt,     nullus  hostis    Medesa 

and    the  juice      of  poison    shall-be-at-hand,     no        enemy  of  Medea 

erit  inultus.         Quod  si     forte     preces  tangunt 

shall-be   left-unpunished.          But      if   perchance     prayers  affect 

ferrea  praecordia  (pi-},   nunc    audi    verba  minora 

(thy)  cruel  heart,  now    hear-thou    words  less 

meis  animis.      Sum  tarn  supplex    tibi, 

[more  humble]  (than)  my       feelings.       I  am         as       humble    to  thee, 

185]    quam  tu          ssepe  fuisti     mihi,  nee     moror 

as  thou  'hast   often     'been  to  me,        'and    I  hesitate    'not 

procubuisse  ante    tuos    pedes.      Si     sum 

io-'throw        (myself)    'down      before       thy  feet  If   I  am 

vilis  tibi,  respice  communes 

of-trifling-yalue  to  thee,  look-thou-at  [hare  a  care  for]  (our)  common 

natos.         Dira    noverca  sseviet  in     meos 

children.       A  harsh    step-mother       will-vent-her-rage      against        my 

partus  (pi-)-     Et        sunt  nimium  similes  tibi,  et    tan- 
offspring.  And  they  are     too-much       like       thee,  and  I  am- 

gor  imagine,    et,    quoties     video,  nostra 

affected  by  the  resemblance,  and,  as-often-as  I  look-at  (them),  our  [my] 

100]  lumina        madent.  Oro 

lights  [eyes]  become-moist  [are  suffused  with  tears].    I  pray  (thee) 

Eer       Superos,  per      numina  avitae  flammae, 

/    the  Gods-above,  |  by  the  deities  of  (my)  ancestral  flames  [i.  e.  by 

per       meritum  et  tuos  natos,  nostra 

the  light  of  the  «un],  by  (my)     merit       and    thy   children,     our    [my] 

pignora,      redde  torum,          pro  quo        insana 

pledges-of-lore,  return  (to  me  my)  bed  [husband],  for  which  'I  distracted 

reliqui  tot        res.         Adde  fidem 

tore-abt>ndcued    so  many      things.  |  'Ad'i  [impart]    thou         faitL 


MEDEA    I16UNI.       KPIsiOLA    Xll.  463 

dictia,  que  refer       auxilium. 

to  (thy)    word*    [i.  e.  fulfil  tbj  promise?],  and    afford  (me)  relief. 

Egr  imploro  non          te  contra  que  tauros  que 

I  'call         not  'upon  thee  Tor-aid  against    both       bulli        and 

viros,  que  ut        serpens  victa      tu&  ope    [195 

men,        and   that   the  serpent  [dragon]  overcome  by  thy  power 

quiescat.  Peto    te,  quern  merul, 

[help]  may-rest  [sleep].     I  demand  thee  [thyself],  whom  I  hare-deterred, 

quern          ipse     dedisti      nobis ;     cum  quo, 

whom    'thou  thyself  haft-presented  to  as  [me];  with  whom,  (when  made) 

parente,    pariter     facta-sum  parens.         Quaeris,  ubi 

a  father  at-the-iame-moment  I-w.is-ioade  a  mother.  Tbov  inquirest,  where 

eit  dos  "i         Numeravimus 

may-be  [is]  the  dowry  ?     We  have-counted       (it)  'oat   [I  hare  paid  it] 

illo  campo,  qui  arandus-erat      tibi,  laturo  [2OO 

in  that       field,     which  wag-to-be-tilled  for  thee,    about-to-earry- 

vellus.     Ille  aureus  aries,  spectabilis  aureo 

away  the  fleece.         That   golden       ram.        admirable  for  (hit)  golden 

villo,  mea  doe :  si     dicam     tibi,  ( Redde 

shaggy -hair  [fleece],  (is)  my     dower :  if  I  ihould-say  to  thee,     '  Restore 

quam ; '  neges.       Tu       sospes  mea    dos : 

that;'     thou  wouUUt-refuse.     Thou  safe-and-iound    (art)      my     dower: 

Graia  juventus  est  mea  dos.        I     nunc,     improbe, 

the  Grecian       youth          is      my  dower.     Oo-thou    now,      0  reprobate, 

confer  opes       Sisyphias. 

Collect  [compare]  the  treasures  of  Sisyphus  [Crettsa]  (with  my  dowry). 

Quod        vivis,  quod        babes     nuptara  que  potentem 

That       thou  lireat,      that    thou  hast        a  bride  and          powerful 

eocerum,  hoc  ipsum   est  meuin,  qu6d  potes    [2O6 

father-in-law,  (even)  this  very  (fact)  in     mine,        :L»t  thoo  canst 

esse  ingratus.     Quos  equidem  actutum !  sed  quid  attinet 

be       ungrateful.       Whom      indeed        instantly !     yet    what  mattors-it 

praedicere  poenam  ?       Ira  parturit  ingentes 

to-predict        punishment?     Anger  broods-orer  [purposes]  (the«e)      great 

minas.      Qu6      ira     feret,        sequar.     Fortasse  pige- 

threats.       Whithrr    anger  (hall  lead,  I  will-follow.       Possibly       it  will- 
bit  facti ;     ut         piget  consuluisse 

repent  ;me)  of  the  deed;       so-too    it   repents  (me  that  I)  MiliteJ 

M 


4H4 

210J  infido    viro.  Deus,   qui   nuno 

the   faithless       man     [husband].         The   god,         who        now 

versat  mea   pectora  (pl.\    riderit 

turns     [agitates]       my          br.aat,  will-see-to       [provide   for] 

ista.     Certe  mea  mens        agit  mains 

this.       For-sure    my      mind     is-eon«0iring   (iomathing)   great,  '  (to  M 

quid    nescio. 

•xtont)  which  I  know-not 


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BOOK    IV.]  OF   THE   OALLIC   WAR.  169 

ab      eo      octaginta  millibus  passuum,  in  Oceatmm. 

fTi>m  that  (than)  eigh'r        Ihnui»n>l5      of  pace*,      into       the  Ocean. 

Autera    Rhenus   oritur    ex    Lepontiis,    qui    incolunt 

But  the  Rhine     arises      out  of  the  Lrpontii,      who  inhabit 

Alpes :  et  fertur  citatus  lougo  spatio  per        fines 

the  Alps :  and  is  borne   rapid   in  a  long  diMince  through  the  territories 

Nantuatium,     Helvetiorutn,     Sei|uaiiorum,     Medio- 

of  the  Nantuates,  Helretii,  .Sequani,  Medio- 

matricorum,    Tribocorum,    que   Trevirorum ;   et  ubi 

matrici,  Trihocci,  and      of  the  Trer-iri ;     and  when 

appropinquat  Oceano,        diffluit      in   plnres   partes; 

it  approaches  to  the  Ocean,  it  flows  diridedly  into  more  ( several)  parti: 

multis  que  ingentibus  insulis   effectis ;    magna   pars 

many         and          great  islands    being  formed ;     gre_t          put 

quarum    incolitur   &   feris  que  barbaris  nationibus; 

of  which      is  inhabited    by     wild      and     barbarous  nations ; 

(ex     quibus         sunt        qui     existimantur     vivere 

(oat  of     which    (there)  are  (some)  who  are  thought  to  lire 

piscibus     atijue     ovis     avium),     que      infloit      in 

(on)  fishet  and         the  eggs    of  birds),       and         it  flows  in  into 

Oceanum  multis  capitibus. 

the  Ocean       by  many         beads. 

11.     Quurn  C  abesset  ab 

When        C.r-.ir        might  be  diftnnt  (w.u  diitant)         from 

ho.ste   non   ampliua    duodecim    millibus    passuum, 

tb«  enemy  nut     wore  (than)         twelre  thousands  of  pace*, 

legati       revertuntur  ad  cum,  ut  constitutum  erat : 

the  amiatsadors        return  to     him,     as     it  bad  been  appointed : 

qui        congressi      in     itinere,      rabant   magnopere, 

who         having  met  (him)  on     the  march,     did  pray  greatly 

ne  progrederetur  longius.   Quum      irapetraasent 

he  wonld  net  itdvanre     farther.     When  they  might  hare  (had)  obtained 

non     id,       petchnnt,       ''  :iti         prsemitteret         ad 

not        that,     tli- v  .1    !  .-    _   .  .1,     "that     he  would  send  before  to 

eos  equitcs,   (jui       .-mtcccssissent  agmrn,       que 

th'i«»  borpemrn,    who  otiRhl  hare  (bad)  preceded  the  troop  (army ),  and 

prohibtTt-i  eot    ].n^;i.'i  :    que  uti    fnccret    potesUtem 

would  prohibit  them   from  battle:  and  that  be  would  make  power 

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